People devote to love poetry, prose, films, music. It seems to people that only those who are loved can be happy. Scientists far from romance believe that love is a complex chemical reaction that takes place inside the human body. The purpose of this reaction is to promote procreation.
A venerable American anthropologist, Dr. Helena Fisher has been working on love issues for thirty years. Based on the research results, Dr. Fischer publishes his scientific works. One such work describes the nature of love. According to the scientist, love is a chemical reaction that goes through three stages in its development: thirst, attraction and attachment.
Thirst
It all starts with thirst, or rather, with the fact that a person meets an attractive individual of the opposite sex on his way. A reaction is triggered in the brain and a special hobby hormone, phenylethylamine, is released. In the event that your feeling finds a response, an even stronger hormone comes to replace: dopamine is the source of dreams, euphoria, and crazy actions.
Under the influence of dopamine, a person experiences a great surge of energy. The hormone excites, makes you experience very strong, overwhelming emotions. In terms of its strength, dopamine can be compared to a hard drug. People experience a great shock, which sometimes affects the rest of their lives. Dopamine is especially dangerous in the case of unrequited love.
Attractiveness
The transition from romantic love to physical intimacy is characterized by the release of another hormone, oxytocin. Under the influence of oxytocin, a person experiences very strong emotions. Touching the body of a loved one drives the lover crazy, makes him forget about everything.
Oxytocin production is gradually increased. In addition to this hormone, the body begins to produce endorphin - the strongest pain reliever, the effect of which can be compared with the effect of morphine. A person experiences peace next to a loved one. From the point of view of psychology, the period of endorphin release is the peak of human love.
Application
In order for the level of endorphin in the blood not to decrease, the body uses the PEA molecule. The action of this molecule is manifested in the need to see, hear a partner, and touch him. During this period, lovers literally cannot move away from each other and are very hard going through the forced separation.
This molecule does not work for long - within 2 - 4 years. At the end of this period, the production of endorphins stops and love passes. The birth of a child extends this process to 7 - 10 years. Such a deadline has been set by nature for human love. Unfortunately, most families get divorced at this point.
If love were only a chemical reaction, then not a single couple would step over the seven-year line in their relationship. People who bring spirituality into their relationship have a good chance of progressing to the stage of mature love. Feelings such as proximity of interests, mutual understanding, readiness for self-sacrifice cannot be explained by the release of any substances in the body. Apparently, love is not just physiology, and the purpose of this feeling goes far beyond the necessity of procreation. Love is given to a person so that he becomes cleansed, becomes better, kinder, learns to live not only for himself, but also for others.
