Men Aren’t Hard Wired To Find Breasts Arousing, Girls Bullying Girls Who Are “Too Pretty”. I think love really is like a drug and it can take a toll on people depending on how hard they fall. Change ). Which is why I think the ending of a relationship is the real drug of love. After many years pass and you start having withdrawls from the person you love, that’s when love starts to feel like a drug to me. We ended up working things out, and we both really missed each other. Things get better as you step back every once in a while and look at it from a different view, keep things fresh. In certain relationships when commitment is your only pillar of love this can go bad fast. Brooks Oscarson has been sober for 2.5 years now and is dedicated to raising awareness about drug addiction. Things get better as you step back every once in a while and look at it from a different view, keep things fresh. Some people always want to get the attention, so they are acting similarly as a child. In consideration of this lack of understanding, mental health professionals and recovering addicts explain exactly what it’s like to experience addiction, from the onset stages to recovery: 1) Addiction does not discriminate. Well, it’s only LIKE a drug in how it affects the brain through brain imaging. Lead researcher, Helen Fisher, commented, “When I first started looking at the properties of infatuation,” she said, “they had some of the same elements of a cocaine high: sleeplessness, loss of a sense of time, absolute focus on love to the detriment of all around you.”. Nah fuck that, we been on that. Why. ( Log Out /  Temperature's falling. Lasting relationships are those that are built on love – not infatuation or lust. I think couples need to realize this instead of worrying that the love is no longer present in a relationship when it’s really just in the process of changing its form. heartbreaks and deception. point out that certain conditions, like having strong ties, high levels of commitment, and long-term exposure, reinforce the urge to repeat actions that release dopamine in the brain. I’ll try to find out. It also makes sense that brain areas that control impulses often become less active. It is nice to have the whole package but at the same time is ok to enjoy sex without all of this feelings not the same of course. I think relating falling in love (passionate love) with a drug has to do with being consumed by it and feeling like you are floating on a cloud. I didn’t really think if love in this way but, seeing how it could be like cocaine is interesting because of how alike the symptoms are. Ty Dolla $ign - Like A DrugNew album 'Featuring Ty Dolla $ign' out now! 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