Love is often referred to as an “addiction”. Like any other addiction, there are many behavior patterns that have been evident since the 12th-century. Around the world, people are willing to live, die, or even kill for love. Lovers will often times become obsessed with their beloved. They will also have intense motivation and fixation on this person. They experience a distortment in reality, a change in their priorities as well as their daily habits. These changes are often to please or accommodate the person they love. This also comes with the willingness to sacrifice or even die for that person. This love can invoke a dependance on that person as well as separation anxiety and frustration attraction. In psychological studies, lovers were seen to exhibit craving, tolerance, withdrawal, and relapse, which are the four basic traits of addiction. After a break up, the experiences were similar to those of drug withdrawal. This includes protest, crying, anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite or binge eating. Lovers will also end up going to extremes to win back their lovers. If this is unsuccessful, certain triggers, (even long after the relationship), such as songs, people, events, places, or other cues associated with their past lover can cause a relapse of memories. Thus, adding love to the list of addictions.
How would you describe love?
Do you believe that this was a valid psychological study? Why or why not.
How do you believe this study helps us to understand the human mind?
Doesn't sugar have the same effect?
ReplyDeleteJake Dunbar
Anything that causes a persons brain to release chemicals/neurotransmitters, which is just about everything a person could ingest, can be defined as a drug with the possibility to produce either a physical or psychological addiction. So a substance like sugar that we consume massive amounts of everyday poses a very strong threat for addiction and many people are addicted to it and don't realize it.
DeleteBesides love, are there any other emotional feelings that we have that are an addiction.
ReplyDeleteJoe West
Like an addiction, is there a way to get rid of an addiction of love?
ReplyDelete^^ Max McGowan
ReplyDeleteYea I would say love is an addiction to a certain extent and to certain people I don't think it exists with everybody because people are addicted to different things
ReplyDeleteI think this study does help us understand the human mind. It's a part of our mind that not many people have really researched.
ReplyDeleteLove is a great feeling regardless of if its considered an addiction or not because personally I love the warm fuzzy feeling I get when I'm with the person that I love -Isaiah Dupree
ReplyDeleteSo since there is a positive reaction to the feeling of love, then can you get addicted to anything that makes you feel good.
ReplyDeleteI think that this study can help us understand more how a person feels after they are heartbroken and how we can help them out, just like treating a drug addiction.
ReplyDeleteI think that this study can help us understand more how a person feels after they are heartbroken and how we can help them out, just like treating a drug addiction.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is interesting how love is actually an addictive feeling.
ReplyDelete-Jack durfee
From my past experiences I have noticed similar findings.
ReplyDeleteI feel like this a valid psychological study because it has a valid effect on the brain.
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