Finding "the one"

[TinCow]

Aww, come on, you do not think taht is what I meant, do you? Do I look like some sort of freak? Sure, I am not into girls, but I am not stupid either, and I do not think it is an abnormality. Little is more normal than love, in fact. However, it sure does appear abnormal when examining it from a purely neurological perspective, as I said. And yes, I will cite that article, it is just that I am too lazy to start copying it. Still, for you to think that I actually believe love is some sort of an abnormality speaks volumes about how my posts managed to mislead people.

You're right, I have no idea how we managed to get that idea....

Love is a mental disorder. And it is, one cannot deny this - people do all sorts of stupid things under the influence of this drug. Finally, even the long term love is a result of chemical imbalance, namely the excess of the hormone of oxytocin. Oxytocin is presnt in all sorts of long-term attachments, including but not limited to lengthy marriage, sibling-sibling, parent-child, and close friend relationships.

Love is a mental disorder. The brain is in a highly disordered state, and the body is very noticeably affected (sleepless nights, obsessions, passion, other torrents of emotions). You could claim that love=addiction/narcotic is sensationalist, which it can be, but the claim that love=disorder is perfectly substantiated by hard science.

That is why serotonin-induced infatuation is a disorder.

I was not speaking from a psychological perspective when I said infatuation is abnormal. Not at all, and it should have been obvious once I began citing the chemicals and their effects on the brain. Broadly speaking, a psychologist touches upon that, but it is the specialty of a neurologist. A neurologist will tell 'you infatuation is not normal.

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I fail to see how the serotonin overdose does not count. It is a derangement and abnormality of the brain resulting from the excessive intake of serotonin.

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But even from a psychological perspective, infatuation can be characterised as a disorder, although not actually defined as such because it is not a deviation from normality. Does the striking similarity between OCD and infatuation not count?