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Influence romantic love affects mental health
Makes you want to have sex with your partner. When we fall in love, the area of the brain, the hypothalamus, stimulates the body's production of many sex hormones: testosterone and estrogen. Most scientists believe that testosterone increases sexual desire in both men and women. The effect of estrogen is not as strong, but some women report that sex drive increases during ovulation, when estrogen levels are highest. Meanwhile, excessive levels of sex hormones partially suppress the frontal lobes of the brain, which are responsible for critical thinking and rational behavior. It helps you fall in love with your partner -and at the same time makes you do reckless things. Strengthens attachment to a partner. The hypothalamus of lovers produces the attachment hormone oxytocin. The more oxytocin, the stronger the attachment. Sometimes lovers produce so much oxytocin that smokers in love have a reduced craving for cigarettes. Conversely, if a lover is faced with a refusal to share his feelings, his craving for cigarettes and alcohol increases. Makes lovers less irritable. According to some reports, lovers who began a romantic relationship 2.5 months before the experiment, almost effortlessly suppress impulsive behavior arising from anger and bitterness. Researchers who have established this fact have suggested that this ability helps to form strong relationships. Improves your mood and gets hung up on your partner. In the early stages of falling in love, the hypothalamus produces more of the neurotransmitter dopamine. A high concentration of dopamine leads lovers into a state of euphoria. But we also have serotonin, which is responsible for other earthly pleasures - for example, the enjoyment of food and the desire to sleep. As dopamine levels increase, serotonin levels automatically decrease.