- Brain scans show that love causes some of the same mental/physical highs and lows as drugs.
- However, while the highs and lows of drugs lasts seconds/minutes those of love can last much longer (months, years).
- Dopamine is the brain’s reward system that generates energy and euphoria.
- Drug addicts and lovers suffer from “separation anxiety” when they aren’t experiencing the dopamine-fueled highs.
- After being rejected, many suffer from symptoms similar to drug addiction withdrawal (anxiety, sleep deprivation, loss of appetite, anger/rage).
