Biology dictates that we reproduce.It also directs us to reproduce not with any random partner, but one that best fits us, although not always literally. So, without knowing, we are all looking for something that will, as strange as it soungs, awaken the baby factory in us all.If this sounds quite disturbing, blame medical research , not me. I was quite perturbed by it too.
So having spent millions upon millions researching the emotion, what have scientists discovered? Well, they have managed to divide this grear search for a shareholder of the baby factory into 3 steps:
First is lust.Lust is driven by our hormones, testosterone and oestrogen.These hormones are what get us'out pn the pull'.
After lust comes attraction.This is the love-struck phase; the time when we lose our appetite,can't sleep, and can't concentrate.This is what we know as falling in love,our palms stutter and become breathless, we can't think clearly and it feels like we have butterflies in our stomachs.This is all due to surging brain chemicals that excits us, sometimes to rather embarrassing extents.
The third stage of love is attachment-staying together.Attachment takes over from the attraction stage and is the bond that keeps couples together.After all,we couldn't possibly stay in the attraction stage forever-we would never get any work done due to daydreaming.Two different hormones are important during this phase of love.
They are oxytocin and vasopressin.

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