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True love shows up on brain scans #2188242 01/06/09 12:44 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 604 B BHHFSGuy Member
BHHFSGuy Member B Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 604	I realize this doesn't have anything to do with infidelity, but there has been discussion of dopamine here in the past. Mainly, I believe the results of this study prove Dr. Harley's main point, which is that the feeling of being 'in love' can be sustained over many years. True love shows up on brain scans BH (Me): 33, XWW: 33 Married 1999, No kids EA: 11/04?-10/07, PA: 05/07 D-Day: 06/07 Divorced: 04/09 Affair is over for OP but not for WS WW wants to move away w/o me WW moved away w/o me

Re: True love shows up on brain scans BHHFSGuy #2188450 01/06/09 03:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,986 P princessmeggy Member
princessmeggy Member P Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 6,986	Originally Posted by BHHFSGuy I realize this doesn't have anything to do with infidelity, but there has been discussion of dopamine here in the past. Mainly, I believe the results of this study prove Dr. Harley's main point, which is that the feeling of being 'in love' can be sustained over many years. True love shows up on brain scans I coulda told 'em that. I still get the googlies at times when I see or think about my DH and we've been married 31 years. I guess his affair was "brain fart". Widowed 11/10/12 after 35 years of marriage ********************* �In a sense now, I am homeless. For the home, the place of refuge, solitude, love-where my husband lived-no longer exists.� Joyce Carolyn Oates, A Widow's Story

Re: True love shows up on brain scans princessmeggy #2188492 01/06/09 04:09 PM
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CuthbertCalculus Member C Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,333	I read this article the other day and found it fascinating. When my wife and I reconnected, just almost exactly 4 years ago, we had a resurgence of "limerance" - for several months, I couldn't think about anything but her, and we were giddy with the rush of new love... even though we'd been married for over 9 years. The intensity eventually went away... but I still think about my wife constantly, we still spend all our free time together, and we are still very affectionate with one another. And my heart still beats double-time when I see her at the end of the day... Maybe meeting ENs/avoiding LBs and doing other things to keep the excitement alive help stimulate this condition that shows up in these brain scans... Me: 41, INFP Her: 46, ESFJ Married 6/95 B-G Twins 4 yrs recovered from serious neglect on my part. So happy together!

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