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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 1:57 PM Brain Scans Of Those In Love Nearly Identical To Those With Mental Illness UPDATED: 3:26 pm EDT June 1, 2005 PHILADELPHIA -- Have you ever been crazy in love? Scientists now say the brain activity of those in a whirlwind romance is nearly identical to those with mental illness, Philadelphia television station WCAU reported. New research with brain scans finds that new love lights up the part of the brain that is also lit up by thirst, hunger and a craving for drugs. "Of course, drug addictions can be very powerful, very compelling kinds of experiences for people and the kinds of experiences that people feel they need to have that kind of thing," said Dr. Andrew Newberg at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. "And if love runs along those same lines, it's really not completely surprising the same brain areas would be involved." That means that new love might be less emotion and more physical addiction. The study's authors call it life's greatest addiction. Once your crazy love has mellowed, many people's brain scans tend to light up in regions involved in long-term attachment. Newberg is a neuroscientist and he researches brain scans. He said he is not surprised first love lights up like an addiction because if we don't fall in love and have babies, our species would die out. "It really makes sense that the feelings we have around love, mating and sex are among the strongest we have as human beings. And showing that on a brain scan is not surprising to me," Newberg said. The study's author, from Rutgers University, said that new love is so addicting that some people actually commit suicide if they get dumped. Drug addicts rarely do that if they don't get their drugs. —pookie |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 2:09 PM Excellent comparison. Being in love IS a mental illness. No other reason you would put up with so much S! —oh-for |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 2:13 PM
someone should email that story to drew.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 3:14 PM someone should email that story to drew. —metatext It seems like he might already know that, kinda. I mean, you all know what he says about addiction; it has to do with things that involves thrill or arousal. I think love can be included under that heading. —Dark Laith |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 6:00 PM Anybody have a drop of that Adam quote? "Oh, the Jews are going to be pissed!" —thejoeinme |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 6:04 PM Love is just chemical reactions that tricks the brain into thinking we are interested into someone when we only really wanna reproduce or need them for our own survival, right? Lil' pessimistic. —Darkfloyd |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 6:20 PM
Edited Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 6:20 PM You could stop there, or you could finish the thought by saying the chemical reactions are all we have, so might as well go along with it. —Dark Laith |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 7:25 PM Love is just chemical reactions that tricks the brain into thinking we are interested into someone when we only really wanna reproduce or need them for our own survival, right? Lil' pessimistic. —Darkfloyd Nah, just the truth. Accept the truth, then do what Laith says: chemical reactions are all we have, so might as well go along with it. —Dark Laith —Masteel |
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 9:56 PM Who hurt ya Dusty? —Ovid |
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 4:22 AM He's hurt. And he hates his life. And I agree with him. —oh-for |
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 11:21 AM *suddenly remembers his "love is a minefield" analogy* —Dark Laith |
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 11:39 AM Dusty... i predict someone did hurt 'ya...
but... come here i'll give you some lovin' *humps dustys leg*
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 11:43 AM We are young.
Heartache to heartache. —lundy |
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 12:33 PM No promises no demands. *yeah bullshit!* —oh-for |
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 1:02 PM I just got over my addiction then! I used to think love was just chemicals in the brain, I should have stuck to that idea. —DrJ69s |
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