Researchers found that about 21% of men and 13% of women reported infidelity at some point in their lifetime.
An affair triggers a rush of chemicals creating an intoxicating cocktail of Adrenaline, Epinephrine, Dopamine, Norepinephrine, PEA, and Serotonin.
- [ ] Epinephrine causes an adrenaline rush that makes your heart beat faster, your blood pressure rise, and your breathing quicken.
- [ ] Dopamine is associated with pleasure, motivation, and concentration. It has been shown to work in the reward centres of the brain. High levels of dopamine are associated with attraction and feeling sexy
- [ ] Serotonin is known as the feel-good neurotransmitter, and it drops dramatically during periods of new love. This is linked to the obsessiveness people tend to feel when they can’t stop thinking about their new partner.
- [ ] PEA is an adrenaline-like substance that speeds up the flow of information between nerve cells and is triggered in the process of attraction to help us pay attention to the love feelings. PEA is known as the “love molecule” because it is what initiates the flood of chemicals into the brain along with norepinephrine and dopamine to create the feelings of euphoria and infatuation when we are highly attracted to someone.
Affairs are often dangerous for the people having them as well as the family they hurt. The intoxicating feeling that the affair brings can encourage life-changing decisions. Affairs create illusions of feelings based on a chemical reaction triggered in the brain. Often the tendency is to attach these feelings to their affair partner and create a euphoria based on a false and imagined image. In psychotherapy we explore diversity of experience with empathy and without judgement. #Therapy #Psychotherapy #Counselling
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