THE INFATUATION

WHAT IS LOVE?
Love is one of the human emotions. But it is likely to be the strongest of all of them. When we talk
about love, we usually refer to romantic love although there are other types of love:
Filial love. It's the love between children and parents.
Fraternal love. It is the love between siblings although very often it is very similar to the love that
is felt by some friends.
Friendship. It's the deep love of friends.
Romantic love. It's love for the couple.

What defines romantic love

Romantic love is precisely the one we discovered in adolescence. It is also common for the feeling
of friendship to appear at this stage of life. But what we all remember from our teenage years is
often the discovery of romantic love.

Theories of infatuation and love

Infatuation and/or love begins with a reciprocal physical attraction, ranging from a simple glance
to a traumatic sharing and theories go:
1.-it is stated that our psyche has kept the image of the couple we are looking for and we hardly find
it gives us a bell alert
2.-We always look for a person with physical, social, cultural, intellectual, similar to ours and our
own family.
3.-We fall in love with who we crave to be or what the other has.
4.-it is stated that we seek the right couple to perpetuate the species and this is done after an
evaluation by instinct and we seek the best person with whom we will unite our genes.
5.-Currently, you can extend the beginning of love and romance, to words on Twitter, Facebook or
sharing common hobbies across the network.
Risks

Infatuation and engagements among teenagers are full of ups and downs, adventures, hopes,
expectations, but also frustration, resentment and pain.
Disappointments are often felt because their emotional instability makes them extremely
vulnerable to change.
Another point of discussion is when the courtship ends. At this time there are painful feelings that
unbalance and cause much damage.
The feelings that may arise when suffering a breakup are: sadness, loneliness, anger and anger,
which lead to feelings of vengeance, damage to oneself or the other person, make the determination
not to fall in love again.
Features
People most sensitive to the loved one react with sweating, accelerated pulse, stuttering,
increased blood pressure, loose laughter, tachycardia, altered perception of time, pain or anxiety in
the stomach.
Idealization of the person.
Desire to make future plans with the person, plan trips, events or future actions together.
Admiration of the person.
Attribution of positive qualities avoiding criticism.
Need to be with the person.
Pleasing the loved one becomes the greatest illusion.
Distortion in the perception of time. The anxiety and distance of that person gives the idea of a
slower pace, while his company and jubilation, one step faster.
Think of every moment in the loved one, any situation or circumstance remembers it.
ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN FALLING IN LOVE

Psychiatry: For at least the first phase, love is a chemical reaction. A substance of our
brain called phenylethylamine. This substance forces to segregate dopamine whose
effects are similar to the "amphetamines" that produce the state of natural euphoria
when we are with our partner.

Genetics: Humans as animals, we carry in our genes the instinct of procreation.