Chemistry and Valentine's Day
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Do you think that love is real chemistry? Yes! Chemistry is born in every step of a relationship. This field is in the continuous investigation. Researchers generally consider three stages in love: desire, attraction and attachment, each of which has certain chemical processes associated. When you fall in love, your brain experiences certain changes and there is also the release of some chemical compounds.
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1) Wish - Initial steps
Desire arises through initial physical attraction and flirting. This stage depends on characteristics such as the features of the face and body dimensions. Flirting can include eyes, caresses, and reflexes in body language. The two chemical compounds that arise at this stage are the sex hormones (testosterone and estrogen) and pheromones.
In the animal world, the PHEROMONES are individual "tracks" aromatic found in urine or sweat, which dictate sexual behaviors and attraction to the opposite sex.
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2) Falling in love - Attraction
Romantic or passionate love is characterized by joy when things go well, and sudden mood swings when things go wrong. When you fall in love you can have many symptoms: difficulty falling asleep or concentrating, loss of appetite, sweating in the hands, butterflies in the stomach. All this is due to chemical compounds called monoamines, which appear in the brain:
DOPAMINE: Commonly associated with the pleasure system of the brain, giving rise to feelings of pleasure and reinforcement that motivate us to do certain activities. Some studies indicate that when dopamine is injected into female rodents in the presence of a male rodent, the female will choose it later in a crowd. It is released through pleasurable natural experiences, such as sex or food.
FENILETILAMINE: Contributes to that feeling of "being in heaven" that appears when there is the attraction and gives the energy necessary to stand up day and night with a new love. It is a natural amphetamine-like the well-known drug, and it can cause the same stimulatory effects.
SEROTONIN: Controls impulses, indomitable passions, and obsessive behavior helping to generate a feeling of "having in control".
NOREPINEPHRINE: Another neurotransmitter that induces euphoria in the brain, exciting the body by giving it a boost dose of natural adrenaline. For this reason, it seems that our hearts go out or our hands sweat when we see someone for whom we are attracted. This causes the heart to beat harder and blood pressure to increase.
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3) Attachment - Stay together
Together with a partner, we have been with for some time, we feel a sense of calm and stability, a kind of bond that keeps couples together. This kind of love is directed by the following hormones:
OXYTOCIN: it is sometimes known as "the chemical substance of the hug". This hormone is best known for its role in inducing labor by stimulating contractions. But recently it has been observed that it can also influence our ability to unite with others, since both genders release this hormone when they touch and embrace, with a maximum increase in oxytocin level during orgasm.
VASOPRESSIN: also called "the chemical substance of monogamy". Some researchers have observed that the suppression of vasopressin can cause males to abandon their nest of love and look for new partners.
ENDORPHINS: biochemical compounds that enhance our immune system, block blood vessel damage, have anti-stress and anti-aging properties, relieve pain and also help improve memory.
High levels of oxytocin and vasopressin can interfere with the pathways of dopamine and norepinephrine, which may explain why the feeling of attachment grows over time as the passionate madness of love declines.
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Well, as you can see, in our body real chemistry takes place when we are in love. This does not mean that love is only chemical, but at least now you can understand this feeling from another point of view, right?
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