So the "falling in love" experience is real, but it has a lot to do with chemical reactions in the body and psychological conditioning- you, psychologically, become attracted to people that are like your parents (its your subconscious way of trying to relive your childhood in order to earn love). Love that lasts long-term aka "true love" is built over time, this is beyond physical attraction and can exist without physical attraction. If you can't imagine being with the person because you aren't physically attracted to them- to the point that it turns you off, you are desiring a lustful relationship or not ready to love them yet (the reality is, we can fall in love with anyone). Attraction happens initially it can become infatuation. Then if someone begins to "fall in love" they are falling in love with a concept of a person- not their entire being. They romanticized them. They view them as someone who has what they don't have for themselves, they are what is missing from their lives. Reality can be boring. Most people are too willing to "fall in love" so quickly. Typically due to a lack of boundaries or a lack of willing to look at themselves and how they can achieve becoming everything they feel that they are missing in their lives. Love is complicated, everyone defines it differently. There are also 6 types of different love to be experienced, according to the ancient greeks. Good question!
It's real. True, there is a chemical reaction that your brain comes to associate with a certain person and memories BUT that happens because of the time you've spent with them, the things you've shared and how it's affected you. Not only that but the desire that comes along with 'new love' is not, itself, love.
Love is mostly the dedicated you and your partner show to each other as you continue your relationship. You could not feel a thing emotionally but still *love* your partner through your choices and they can too.
Building the relationship, spending time together, putting each other first, these are the things that build into long term love, life long love, self-less love. That's love, not the whirlpool of butterflies in your stomach. True love are the choices you make (and don't make) even if it doesn't benefit you. It's more than just a reaction.
u There is a a physiological explanation for every human action and reaction. Fear is no less real because we can explain the biochemical mechanism through which it happens. What does it mean to say that love is "real" versus love is a chemical reaction? However it happens, I feel it and that makes it real.
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Some people say we are chemical reactions living out our chemical synthesis but that is now how I view life - I believe the physical world is only an extension o. f our spirit beings and that our hearts continue to live when our bodies decay and die so for me love is real - its not just a chemical reaction
It's a combination of brain chemicals, hormones, personal beliefs and emotional attachments.
Either way, it's both fucked up and beautiful.
Love may be:
1. •Destiny• When 2 people are meant to be together, they will eventually find each other
~~ or ~~
•Spiritual• Something that connects two people for what they really are.
2. •Sexual attraction• which makes the concept of 'love at first sight' an illusion.
~~ or ~~
•Chemical• Just nature tricking people to procreate and guarantee the continuity of our specie.
In my opinion, it's just a mixture of both.
What's to say the chemical reaction is not real?
Yes it is a chemical reaction. People choosing to stay and build on that, that's real love.
Everything is chemical reactions in your brain. Everything you feel is created in your brain.
I think it both, you get that tingling sensation and your brains explode at the thought of the person. It both real, physically and brain wise
Both. It’s real if it hurts and a reaction by the brain telling us that one person is making us laugh cry and happy based on their actions and how attracted we are to them
What is reality? How is it different than chemicals in the brain?
Can be both, depending on the situation
I’m not sure I fully understand what you’re getting at. If by “real,” you mean something poetic, I would argue that this poetic feeling is the same thing as a chemical process— just looked at in different levels/perspectives. If love is like a machine, describing chemical processes is looking at the gears inside, while the poetic view is like looking on the outside and seeing what the machine as a whole does. Both are equally real, even if one is factual and one is more romanticized.
I think all feelings can be boiled down to chemical processes and actions of the brain, one way or another. Now, I’d disagree in love or whatever feeling being some magical action though. I don’t particularly believe in some impossible-to-quantify or unexplainable feeling, even if currently we lack the knowledge to describe it. Our lack of ability to describe it doesn’t mean the feeling does not exist in our brain as some process.
That being said, it’s pretty apparent that our perception of our feelings is a different perspective than that of a biologist. After all, we don’t hold hands with the opposite gender and mentally note “my oxytocin levels appear to be rising.” Thus, the outside view that we naturally hold is important for describing it to others (and ourselves internally) in a simple manner. We would get overwhelmed by info if we looked at things in purely biological terms, because the processes are so complicated. Our brain would be overloaded.
Conclusion: both are real. They’re just different perspectives. One is a streamlined/simplified view, while the other is a detail/fact oriented biological view.
Love starts as a series of chemical reactions; endorphins, dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin - all of these chemicals are involved in love, all affect our feelings, whether it be happiness or intimacy or loyalty.
I don't think the chemical reaction lasts, though. The chemical reaction serves only to make us copulate; it's meant make us create and care for the next generation, moreso than carong for each other.
Those in long-term love capitalised on the chemical reactions to create shared memories, and interpersonal bonds. There's so much divorce now because so few people put the work in to maintain love; the honeymoon period is a rush of all the aforementioned chemicals, many people crash after the honeymoon period because the reactions cool down and they haven't built the relationship to survive the crash.
It doesn't help that exposure to things like endorphins also builds a resistance in the receptors for it.
Love is a chemical reaction; true love is an action stemming from the reaction.
I mean I get what you're saying in the edit but I reckon it's just the wrong abstraction to have. It's not like one or the other. Everything. Every single thing is just chemicals and electricity whipping through out brains. Everything else is a level on top of that, not too helpful to think of the brain chemicals except where the chemicals specifically differ from standard people and that's the reason their behaviour/thinking's different.
Falling in love is eh. Relationships are hard work from both people, choosing to work together to resolve and get through issues and just stick together. Relationships don't happen, no matter how much good or bad brain chemistry is behind you two deciding to hook up or start dating/talking in the first place.
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It technically is a chemical reaction. But some people believe that love is not a chemical reaction and that it's something else. For me, it could go either way. The chemical reaction include stuff like dopamine. My friend once told me that love is an addictive drug. And this drug can cause marriage, pregnancy, divorce, heartbreak, etc. Love can be anything to anyone. So I keep my mind open and I prefer both sides of it. I like the chemical side of it and the emotion based side of it.
The person you "love" is causing chemicals to be released into your bloodstream and brain that enhance your ability to enjoy life. If those enjoyments in life are sexual it'll cause a whole drugstore of hormones to be released into your bloodstream. Especially in the early infatuation stage, your perception will be that you "love" this person, but it is caused by their close proximity to you and your interpretation of how it feels. There is no "love" that floats through the room like perfume and lands on you. "Love" is only the satisfaction that comes from being around that person and how they make you feel.
Men and women are born to "procreate". Finding the right "partner" to "mate" is something that leads to the next generation aka continuation of genealogy. While the idea of companionship probably makes the concept of love more complex and beautiful, I think like other species, humans are all about continuation of their race but in a more civilized way (you can't sleep w tons of people because I called you animalistic)
We know sex is a biological need. Chemical reactions strengthen the bonds. I'm not trying to imply there's nothing called love and all that crap.
I'm just saying chemical reactions occur in love and that's why its called "chemistry".
The only way to answer this is to look at the evidence, if any... and what we are able to test and what we can't
so I ask --> can we scientifically test for a conscious mind, feelings?, can we test for any of these things. Currently we cannot
therefore logic would dictate that we cannot disprove the proposition that love is real and hence that would make it a possibility indeed
as for what I think --> I think we have a soul and a conscious mind. Which is independent from our physical body. So I think its real and we experience that realness by our mind and bodies through chemical reactions ya
It's all brain chemistry. This is especially apparent when you look at what some men sacrifice to be with less than mediocre women.
It's weird, I'm sure all men can feel it... how being in the presence of a woman or just talking to one makes your brain feel so much better, it feels like a weight is off your shoulders and you levitate instead of walk.
Then you ask, "okay, but how does she actually improve my life, except for sex," and there is no answer. You're closer to your bros, your family has your back, and all she has to contribute is her presence.
I repeat, it is all brain chemistry. Women hypnotize us unintentionally, we are their slaves in a way.
Love raises strong positive emotional and mental state. On the other hand having lust consists of releasing chemicals that consists of testosterone and estrogen. Then you need to understand they’re different types of love such as impersonal love and interpersonal love.
Impersonal love means you love an object or activities while interpersonal love means you’re in love with a human being. In conclusion love has different meanings but it all has a connection too passion with someone or something.
Sexual attraction is the biological part. Actually liking a person is something else. I believe it's called infatuation when younger people or really thirsty people mistake their attraction with love... call it lust of it's own sort I guess.
People that lack much experience fucking what they want to fuck tend to make that mistake. A geezer like me that's fucked his way through life doesn't make that mistake though. I know quite well that the chick on my arm is probably a person I disapprove of, I just haven't found out why yet... but... I'll dick her down since she's 10 years younger and has dat azz still poppin.
Knaw what I'm saying :-/
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