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Falling in love is similar to a drug addiction, a US study says.

 A Florida State University team found that the brain chemistry responsible for addiction plays a role in love.
Researchers said the messenger chemical dopamine, which stimulates the brain's reward centre, helps keep male Prairie voles monogamous.
Prairie voles are well known for forging long-lasting relationships, the Nature Neuroscience journal reported.
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Being in love is physically similar to the buzz of taking drugs and also has withdrawal symptoms, an expert on addiction has said.

 Dr John Marsden says dopamine - the drug released by the brain when it is aroused - has similar effects on the body and mind as cocaine or speed.
"Attraction and lust really is like a drug. It leaves you wanting more," the National Addiction Centre head said.
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where do you keep finding all this depressing love articles?
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BBC, obviously

This part, btw, supports the Romantic love \'lasts just a year\' idea. Ok, yeah, they seem to disagree on time but...
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According to Dr Marsden - a chartered psychologist - the brain which processes emotions becomes "fired up" when talking to someone it finds attractive. The heart pounds three times faster than normal and causes blood to be diverted to the cheeks and sexual organs, which causes the feeling of butterflies in the stomach, he says.
However, as with cocaine and speed, the "hit" is only temporary, though it can last between three and seven years, he added.
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A mental illness would be a better analogy
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Another bunch of pseudo-scientists wasting their time and ours.
Just like the ones on "Gulliver's Travels".

These marxist freaks call "drug" to anything the human being enjoy, just ridiculous.
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Hey not so stupid afterall. Sounds pretty right, at least from what I've experienced. There's a high (feel good) and down (feel bad) period in love as well as in drugs use (what is commonly admited for drugs -I'm not a drug expert). But maybe the analogy is a bit exagerated?
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To use this analogy, i'm currently suffering from a hangover....
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You mean mariage?
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To use this analogy, i'm currently suffering from a hangover....
Then be careful with the withdrawal symptoms. They can be unpredictable.
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Ehe, no, but that's a good comparison.
No, i'm going thru a.... difficult phase, that's all. It's been 5 years already you know...
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Another bunch of pseudo-scientists wasting their time and ours.
Just like the ones on "Gulliver's Travels".
Why is it a waste of time? It's a study and like I said, people like to study almost anything, whether it's a good attempt or a bad one. Love is a complex feeling which has yet to be completely explained.
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These marxist freaks call "drug" to anything the human being enjoy, just ridiculous.
I think there is some truth in that. It has many meanings. One of the definitions of the word "drug" is:
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2 : something and often an illicit substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness
If one sees it as someting that causes addiction/habituation, in the end, we're all some sort of "junkies", come to think of it. Love, sex, internet, games, TV, anything can become addictive, depending on the individual. Yet the world is harsher in judging a heroine, cocaine etc. or alcohol addicted person than a love or sex addicted one.
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If one sees it as someting that causes addiction/habituation, in the end, we're all some sort of "junkies", come to think of it. Love, sex, internet, games, TV, anything can become addictive, depending on the individual. Yet the world is harsher in judging a heroine, cocaine etc. or alcohol addicted person than a love or sex addicted one.
Apparently you are not too far from the truth. At least not if you were in America:

Sex Addiction Recovery Resources: http://www.sexaddict.com/

Sex Addicts Anonymous: http://www.saa-recovery.org/

Counseling for Sexual Adiction: http://www.sexualcontrol.com/

Except for the last link, on the other two they sell --of course!-- tapes, CDs and books to overcome "sexual addiction".. wouldn't that be like becoming a mental eunuch?

The last link doesn't sell books, at least from what I've read there so far. But the guy does offer counseling on sexual addiction...
"How I Overcame Sexual Addiction and How Anyone Can Overcome it" ... doesn't he sound like a helpful guy...

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Except for the last link, on the other two they sell --of course!-- tapes, CDs and books to overcome "sexual addiction".. wouldn't that be like becoming a mental eunuch?
Probably, cause they exaggerate IMO. Their quiz to find out if you're a sex addict seems far-fetched to me:
http://www.saa-recovery.org/12ques.htm

Sex addiction really becomes a problem IMO when it leads your life and interferes with your daily activities, and especially when people end up controlling you by the use of sex.
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America is another problem; puritanism leads to such things imho.

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Do you frequently want to get away from a sex partner after having sex? Do you frequently feel remorse, shame, or guilt after a sexual encounter?

Do you feel shame about your body or your sexuality, such that you avoid touching your body or engaging in sexual relationships? Do you fear that you have no sexual feelings, that you are asexual?

Does your pursuit of sex or romantic relationships interfere with your spiritual beliefs or development?

Do your sexual activities include the risk, threat, or reality of disease, pregnancy, coercion, or violence?

Has your sexual or romantic behavior ever left you feeling hopeless, alienated from others, or suicidal?
Come on... These are not not sexual addiction signs but mental and psychic problems (or whatever you name them).
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