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When Love Is The Drug

When someone overly romanticizes relationships, several neurochemicals and brain systems are involved. Here's a simplified explanation of the key players:

# # # 1. **Dopamine** (The "Feel-Good" Chemical)
- **What it does:** Dopamine is released when you anticipate or experience something pleasurable, like when you're attracted to someone or feel excitement in a relationship. It's the brain's reward system at work.
- **Why it matters:** If you're romanticizing someone, your brain releases extra dopamine when you think about them, making them seem even more perfect than they are. It creates that "high" feeling of infatuation.

# # # 2. **Oxytocin** (The "Bonding" Hormone)
- **What it does:** Oxytocin is released during moments of intimacy, like physical touch, deep conversations, or emotional closeness. It's also known as the "love hormone" because it helps bond people.
- **Why it matters:** When you overly romanticize a relationship, you might seek or imagine that intense bond that oxytocin can reinforce. Even just imagining closeness can trigger feelings of attachment.

# # # 3. **Serotonin** (The "Mood Stabilizer")
- **What it does:** Serotonin regulates mood, and when levels are low, it can cause obsessive thinking, especially about people or relationships.
- **Why it matters:** When you're infatuated or overly focused on someone, serotonin levels can drop. Serotonin can make you obsess over the relationship and idealize the person more than usual.

# # # 4. **Endorphins** (The "Comfort" Chemicals)
- **What it does:** Endorphins are released during moments of happiness or physical touch, reducing stress and making you feel calm and comfortable.
- **Why it matters:** In romantic relationships, endorphins create feelings of emotional security. When imagining a relationship, you might be chasing the comfort and fulfillment that endorphins bring.

# # # 5. **Cortisol** (The "Stress" Hormone)
- **What it does:** Cortisol is released when you're stressed or anxious. In the early stages of a relationship, when things are uncertain, cortisol can spike.
- **Why it matters:** When you overly romanticize someone, you might also experience anxiety about the relationship. Cortisol can lead to a cycle where cortisol rises, making you more focused on the relationship in a stressful way, pushing you to seek more validation from the other person.

# # # 6. **Norepinephrine** (The "Excitement" Hormone)
- **What it does:** Norepinephrine heightens alertness and energy. It's released during the early stages of attraction, causing that rush of excitement and butterflies in your stomach.
- **Why it matters:** This hormone fuels the euphoria and excitement when you think about someone new, making it easier to romanticize the relationship.

# # # Conclusion:
When you're overly romanticizing a relationship, it's often because your brain is flooded with dopamine, oxytocin, and norepinephrine, making you feel excited, attached, and emotionally invested. At the same time, low serotonin and increased cortisol can lead to obsessive thinking or anxiety about the relationship, further pushing you to idealize the person or the situation.

Together, these chemicals create a potent mix that can make relationships (or the idea of them) feel more intense and magical than they might be. Does this help clarify the neurochemistry behind overly romanticizing relationships?

These are really fun and curious, but for today, I'd like to request that we live in the reality of what's happening. Give it 24 hours, if you would, and then feel free to resume the "fun" mythologies...Thanks🙏🙏🙏