Natalia Aguila Morales -- Is it love just pheromones? --

Is it love just pheromones?

I have came across this question several times… when looking at couples that split suddenly without any particular reason but saying they don’t love anymore.

How could a so powerful feeling, that have inspired so many poets and writers along the years be so fragile these days? So I wonder, is it love or just hormones?

I have been wondering if -as in Midsummer Night’s dream- love could be created out of the blue, I mean, is there a potion? I remember that I read some years ago that, similarly to “The Perfume”, there could exist a potion that could put together some strong pheromones into it and it could be just like a love potion, you would feel attracted instantly to the person who is using it.

So, is it just physical attraction? because for me, at least there exist a difference. Psychological love is what you feel from the bottom of your heart not the same kind of love that you feel for your parents when you are a child or even a grown up, but similar. It is a caring love that moves you to do things for him/her, even things you don’t really want to do--like waking up earlier in the morning or bake something when you are tired just to see him/her happy face. That’s real love for me, when it trasspasses the barrier of physicall contact. It is when being with the loved one is not the ultimate necessity, because all you need is to know that the other person loves you back in the same way you do.

I have attached a webpage that is really interesting that shows the “steps” when you fall in love : http://www.youramazingbrain.org/lovesex/sciencelove.htm I invite you to take a look at that and tell me your opinion about it.

The science of love

www.youramazingbrain.org