ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE?

 The Science of Love

How do you know if you are in love or you are just lusting on someone?

Most of us have crushes or that person to whom we are attracted

 to but not all of us feel romantically in love…

How is that feeling formed?

What is that “L” word that makes the world go round?

It is L-O-V-E.

Love is the greatest feeling of all according to slum books at the very least. But this feeling made life sustainable, it recreates life. With some chemicals responsible, this kind of feeling together with excitement, sadness and any other feelings are made possible.

We cannot really predict or plan who you will fall in love with but most of us says “may chemistry kayo”, is it really possible that love do have a chemistry component?

According to Helen Fisher (cited by youramazingbrain.org) of Rutgers University and Dr. Portia Sabido of UP Diliman, a guest speaker in our STS class who talked about the Chemistry of Love, There are 3 stages of love, all driven by specific hormones and chemicals in the human body: Lust, Attraction and Commitment.

1.      LUST is basically, the first stage where the feeling is driven by sex hormones particularly Testosterone for men and Estrogen for women.

2.    ATTRACTION is the stage which involves the feeling of being love struck. Scientists speculate that Adrenaline, Dopamine and Serotonin are the chemicals responsible for this stage.

3. ATTACHMENT/COMMITMENT

According to Helen Fisher, attachment stage is the phase where in the bond between the couple is formed that keeps relationship strong for a long time. Scientists think there might be “two major hormones involved in this feeling of attachment; oxytocin and vasopressin”.

ADDITIONAL FACT:

OXYTOCIN - The “cuddle” hormone

Oxytocin is a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm. It is also the hormone responsible for mother and baby bonding. Probably, Oxytocin also increases the feeling of being attached to each other.

References:

The Science of Love. Retrieved last March 4, 2014 from  http://www.youramazingbrain.org/lovesex/sciencelove.htm

The Science of Love & Matchmaking. Retrieved last March 4, 2014 from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/01/02/the-science-of-love-matchmaking/
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