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However, these feelings mellow as the relationship ages, and the later stages of romantic love no longer mimic drug addiction, according to a 2016 study in the journal Frontiers in Psychology. "When a lover is focused on their partner, they feel crazy, experience mood swings along with bouts of euphoria, act obsessively and/or compulsively, are living in a distorted reality and often become dependent on the other person - in just the same way as a person behaves when addicted to cocaine," Lee said.

The early stages of love can look similar to addiction, Lee said: Similar areas of the brain activate during both early love and cocaine addiction.

Related: What does love do to your brain?."In tandem with euphoria and obsessive thoughts, there is an increased secretion of happy hormones, mainly dopamine - linked with reward and pleasure - and oxytocin - sometimes called the love hormone because of its association with feeling warm, love and trust." As we saw earlier, these hormones tend to be higher during the attachment phase, rather than initial lust or attraction. "Love affects both the mind and body in dramatic ways," Ryden said. Chemical loveĪ lot of what people perceive as love is a cocktail of hormones released to give their nervous system feelings of pleasure and security. He is a British Psychological Society chartered consultant psychologist with ten years' experience working for the National Health Service in the U.K, and as a private practitioner. Eric Ryden is a doctor of clinical psychology and has spent his career studying, researching and practicing what works best for couples therapy.