Posted by IsoM on April 14, 2002, at 2:39:47
In reply to Frighteningly in love, posted by Cass on April 14, 2002, at 0:11:41
Sorry to sound so coldly clinical about this Cass, but it may be the hormonal-like chemical called phenylethylamine, or PEA, that your body first makes when something or somebody new & exciting comes along. It can give you such a lift & feeling of euphoria but it doesn't last. It can't last - our brain would soon be so depleted of dopamine, we'd crash horribly.
To understand better, I'm including two sites that explain it simply & clearly. Please read them & then think carefully about what it says. Decide if this may be partly how you're feeling. (And yes, intellectual stimulation will also release this chemical in us.)
http://www.drirene.com/lovevs.htm
http://www.cyberparent.com/love/chem1.htm
poster:IsoM
thread:22072
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20020411/msgs/22082.html