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Might as well face it . . .. ..

...Each participant viewed a photograph of someone who had recently rejected him or her in love and a photograph of a different person that didn't inspire good or bad feelings. In between exposures to photographs, participants were asked to count backward as a distraction, moving the blood to areas of the brain not connected to emotion.

Researchers found increased activity in the pathway near the base of the brain associated with profound cocaine addiction, as well as in a region associated with nicotine addiction....

...Upon viewing a photo of a former partner, participants' brains also showed heightened activity in the regions associated with, respectively, decision-making, physical pain and deep attachment to another person....

...previous research found that being happily in love was linked to brain activity associated with the rush of cocaine. In other words, if you have a partner you're in love with, it's like you are on cocaine, but if that person has rejected you, you crave the high of the drug....

...If love is an addiction, getting over a lost love should be akin to quitting smoking, Fisher said. Don't write, don't call, don't show up, throw out letters, and don't try to be friends with that person for a while. Don't ruminate; instead, try new things. Novelty drives up dopamine in the brain, which can help you feel better....

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ORIGINAL: DemonKia



...If love is an addiction, getting over a lost love should be akin to quitting smoking