What happens when you fall in love? Helen Fisher says it begins when someone takes on special meaning. “The world has a new center,” she says, “then you focus on him or her. Your beloved’s car is different from every other car in the parking lot, for example. People can list what they don’t like about their sweetheart, but they sweep these things aside and focus on what they adore. Intense energy, elation, mood swings, emotional dependence, separation anxiety, possessiveness, a pounding heart and craving are all central to this madness. But most important is obsessive thinking.” As Fisher says, “Someone is camping in your head.
- Lust, Romance & Attachment | The New York Academy of Sciences Oh btw I went to this the other night (tuesday) at the NY Academy of Sciences - my friend Lauren works there and invited me. It was super interesting! Fisher’s lecture was divided into two parts - background on her MRI mapping of the brains of those in love, and research findings from her data as head of research at Chemistry.com. Both parts were awesome and could have made their own lectures. There was a lot of good fodder here, and gave me some really interesting new ways of thinking about love. The two parts that we don’t think about enough: timing and choice. And, actually, TIMING. There is a decent talk about choice, but I am finding the function of Timing in love to be a really interesting, vastly under-discussed area. (via rickwebb) Pssh, everything I need to know about love I learned from song lyrics. “Love stinks.” ;)
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Pssh, everything...I learned from song lyrics. “Love stinks.” ;)
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