Dopamine ?

Guess it's all about dopamine on the brain. Over these last holidays I have been seeing four couples, of many variations, who are parting. it is not gentle on the brain to lose your lover,no matter how intense the conflict, how strained or how long dried up the relationship. When they leave, they leave a gapping hole in your life, and they drain the brain of huge amounts Of dopamine. That's what all the pretty pictures on the colorful fMRIs show.

It's bad, it's sad, and their ain't no cure, except maybe country music.

In contrast, for months I have been seeing two men whom I have been working with to open up, to not try to be impressive, to just be the good,open, honest guys that they are. Suddenly, each of them has found romance. Each is now in a relationship that is over month old. With that, almost all of their doubts, anxieties and listlessness have vanished. Their negativity and cynicism is gone. Their world is now full of sunlight and color.

Love! Better than cocaine; longer lasting, but even more addictive. Much better than any psychotropic medicine ever concocted, or ever will be. No contest.