Comments on: Addicted to Love http://20-forty.com/2008/10/02/addicted-to-love/ Because love isn't always 20/20! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gravity | 20-forty.com http://20-forty.com/2008/10/02/addicted-to-love/comment-page-1/#comment-20289 Gravity | 20-forty.com Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:03:29 +0000 http://20-forty.com/?p=647#comment-20289 [...] has been said that love is akin to addiction. We crave touch. We crave comfort. We crave belonging. We crave people. So what happens when the [...] [...] has been said that love is akin to addiction. We crave touch. We crave comfort. We crave belonging. We crave people. So what happens when the [...]

]]> By: kira http://20-forty.com/2008/10/02/addicted-to-love/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 kira Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:56:23 +0000 http://20-forty.com/?p=647#comment-2405 sophia- PMS can be caused by any number of hormonal changes. Part of the process of PMS is your body preparing itself for pregnancy. During this process, your endocrine system (made up of your adrenal, pituitary, and thyroid glands, hypothalamus and ovaries) works to send signals (in the form of hormones and neurotransmitters) to the rest of your body. These hormones and neurotransmitters can affect your mood, ability to think clearly, energy level, etc. To help control your symptoms of PMS try the following: *Keep a menstrual journal. Record symptoms and their severity, dates you start and stop your period, and the ovulation dates. This will help you to see a pattern in your menstrual cycle and will enable a physician to better assist you in finding relief. *Take daily doses of calcium, vitamin B6, and magnesium. *Exercise regularly and maintain a well balanced diet. *Eliminate unhealthy habits such as smoking, caffeine consumption, and alcohol. If you are doing all of these things and your symptoms still don't subside, you need to consult your physician. Best of luck to you! sophia- PMS can be caused by any number of hormonal changes. Part of the process of PMS is your body preparing itself for pregnancy. During this process, your endocrine system (made up of your adrenal, pituitary, and thyroid glands, hypothalamus and ovaries) works to send signals (in the form of hormones and neurotransmitters) to the rest of your body. These hormones and neurotransmitters can affect your mood, ability to think clearly, energy level, etc.
To help control your symptoms of PMS try the following:
*Keep a menstrual journal. Record symptoms and their severity, dates you start and stop your period, and the ovulation dates. This will help you to see a pattern in your menstrual cycle and will enable a physician to better assist you in finding relief.
*Take daily doses of calcium, vitamin B6, and magnesium.
*Exercise regularly and maintain a well balanced diet.
*Eliminate unhealthy habits such as smoking, caffeine consumption, and alcohol.
If you are doing all of these things and your symptoms still don’t subside, you need to consult your physician.
Best of luck to you!

]]> By: sophia http://20-forty.com/2008/10/02/addicted-to-love/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 sophia Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:25:59 +0000 http://20-forty.com/?p=647#comment-2370 Whenever I get my period I become more anxious and depressed and irritable. I also noticed when my emotions are less happy and upbeat, I tell myself that I don't feel for my boyfriend anymore. This only happens when I am menstrating. I don't understand how that can happen when previously, before my period, I was head over heals for him. This happens every month. Any advice? <abbr><em>sophia´s last blog post..<a href="http://20-forty.com/2008/10/07/date-smart/" rel="nofollow">Date Smart</a></abbr></em> Whenever I get my period I become more anxious and depressed and irritable. I also noticed when my emotions are less happy and upbeat, I tell myself that I don’t feel for my boyfriend anymore. This only happens when I am menstrating. I don’t understand how that can happen when previously, before my period, I was head over heals for him. This happens every month. Any advice?

sophia´s last blog post..Date Smart

]]> By: kira http://20-forty.com/2008/10/02/addicted-to-love/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 kira Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:35:03 +0000 http://20-forty.com/?p=647#comment-2353 Honey- It does seem somewhat sad and simple to be a bag of chemicals. I first heard about the feelings of love originating in the same part of the brain as addiction on Discovery Health some time ago and it made a lot of sense so I thought I should explore it a bit further. You're right, we aren't necessarily the agents of free will that we would like to think we are. BradK- It makes sense that adrenaline would play a role. When we take risks we get an adrenaline rush as well as an increased level of dopamine. It is all interconnected. All of this helps to explain why, to an extent, we don't get to choose who we fall in love with (even if being in love with them is the worst decision in the world). Honey- It does seem somewhat sad and simple to be a bag of chemicals. I first heard about the feelings of love originating in the same part of the brain as addiction on Discovery Health some time ago and it made a lot of sense so I thought I should explore it a bit further. You’re right, we aren’t necessarily the agents of free will that we would like to think we are.

BradK- It makes sense that adrenaline would play a role. When we take risks we get an adrenaline rush as well as an increased level of dopamine. It is all interconnected. All of this helps to explain why, to an extent, we don’t get to choose who we fall in love with (even if being in love with them is the worst decision in the world).

]]> By: Brad K. http://20-forty.com/2008/10/02/addicted-to-love/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 Brad K. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:11:33 +0000 http://20-forty.com/?p=647#comment-2349 Honey, I think we use values and ethics to choose who we are standing next to when the chemical soup spills over. Unfortunately adrenaline plays a big part, too, I believe. Much of the attraction of new partners is about an edge of risk, danger, fear - that is, adventure. Bad boys and bad girls get lots more first dates. Calm, competent, steadfast folk just don't spark the imagination - the adrenaline. Past the first blush of exhilaration (danger survived), though both the wild and mild partners settle down to the balance that Kira describes - a rich and rewarding, for many, intimate life. Except the adventure-cravers are looking for the adrenaline edge. Once that wears off, the fear and danger aspects no longer trigger the sexual sparklings. If there were no character involved, then the relationship grows stale and those involved look for another adventure with someone else - or they get into the games that keep the danger and risk and bondage in the bedroom. Remember, adrenaline takes 28 minutes to affect you, and wash out of your system. Relationships should last longer than that. <abbr><em>Brad K.´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.itsaboutmakingbabies.com/2008/10/05/family-music/" rel="nofollow">Family Music</a></abbr></em> Honey, I think we use values and ethics to choose who we are standing next to when the chemical soup spills over.

Unfortunately adrenaline plays a big part, too, I believe. Much of the attraction of new partners is about an edge of risk, danger, fear – that is, adventure. Bad boys and bad girls get lots more first dates. Calm, competent, steadfast folk just don’t spark the imagination – the adrenaline. Past the first blush of exhilaration (danger survived), though both the wild and mild partners settle down to the balance that Kira describes – a rich and rewarding, for many, intimate life.

Except the adventure-cravers are looking for the adrenaline edge. Once that wears off, the fear and danger aspects no longer trigger the sexual sparklings. If there were no character involved, then the relationship grows stale and those involved look for another adventure with someone else – or they get into the games that keep the danger and risk and bondage in the bedroom.

Remember, adrenaline takes 28 minutes to affect you, and wash out of your system. Relationships should last longer than that.

Brad K.´s last blog post..Family Music

]]> By: Honey http://20-forty.com/2008/10/02/addicted-to-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Honey Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:54:19 +0000 http://20-forty.com/?p=647#comment-1978 It's complicated, yet seems somehow sad and simple to be a bag of chemicals. What about values? I guess we're not really the agents of free will we think we are... Honeys last blog post..<a href="http://honeyandlance.com/ive-had-sex-with-three-virgins-and-im-gonna-tell-you-about-it" rel="nofollow">I’ve Had Sex With Three Virgins And I’m Gonna Tell You About It</a> It’s complicated, yet seems somehow sad and simple to be a bag of chemicals. What about values? I guess we’re not really the agents of free will we think we are…

Honeys last blog post..I’ve Had Sex With Three Virgins And I’m Gonna Tell You About It

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