Romantic Love

Love is everywhere. Anthropologists studied romantic love in societies and found evidence of it in 170 societies. In fact, they have not found a society that didn’t have romantic love. Dr. Helen Fisher, an anthropologist and human behavior researcher, relates romantic love to somebody camping in your head. Lisa Kudrow, as Phoebe from Friends, relates love to “a work of art.” While poet Ralph Waldo Emerson relates love to a hunter. Whichever spectrum you fall on or between, love effects all of us in life altering ways. In fact, according to a twitter survey that 891 people participated in, when asked if love affects them more behaviorally, emotionally, physically, or psychologically; 48% chose emotionally. Meaning that 427/891 people are

This is one of the most vital places in the release of dopamine. Dopamine is chemical release of reward. We can thank the high release of dopamine when we are in love for the bad love that we encounter in our lives. We have all been with someone everyone told us wasn’t good for us, yet it felt good anyway. The high release of dopamine is what made it feel good. In conclusion, it was not actually the person who made you feel good, but your brain. Helen Fisher explains this crazy amount of dopamine being released as; “It creates craving, motivation, goal-oriented, behavior—and

Love is not always “rainbows and butterflies”, as they say. A first root of an unhealthy relationship may be money. To help this situation, you need to sit down with your partner and not blame one another. Instead, create a budget which includes extra money for activities that you two can do together. When the intense feeling of love goes away, the couple may feel like they’re losing their “spark”. This can cause arguments about trivial things. If this were to happen, make sure to compliment your partner. Show them you care by taking them out or cooking and cleaning. If you simply argue about everything, this can clearly be unhealthy and unhappy. If you two are arguing, take a step back and contemplate if this is even sensible? Take a walk and think about it. If the fighting simply does not end, the two of you may need to see a psychologist or