Love Is A Drug (Cocaine, Actually)
July 20, 2010 No Comments
We all know that breaking up is hard to do, but scientists are now saying that it is as difficult as kicking dope.
Just say no to drugs?
Just say no to love!
I’m kidding… kinda.
Your brain goes through the same turmoil when you lose a lover as when you quit using certain drugs, and people often respond in similar ways.
“You can’t stop thinking about this person. You crave the person. You do inappropriate things. You distort reality. You lie in bed and cry,” biological anthropologist Helen Fisher told The Early Show.
“You drink too much, you drive too fast, you do very inappropriate things when you’ve been rejected in love.”
She studied the brain patterns of 15 recently rejected people during the course of her research.
“We found activity in a brain pathway that is exactly the same brain pathway that becomes affected when you’re profoundly addicted to cocaine and nicotine,” said Fisher.
Her advice for the broken hearted? Go cold-turkey. The longer you are away from the person, the better you will feel.
“Don’t call, don’t write, don’t be anywhere near this person,” she said, “Don’t lie in bed. Somebody’s camping in your head.”
And nobody wants someone camping in their heads.
Especially an ex.
Or Bryan Ferry.
