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Dec 14, 2021 20 min

Is Love a Drug?

from Do We Know Things?

Infatuation. Limerence. New relationship energy. All are words for the intense, sometimes overwhelming feelings people experience in new relationships. This feeling can feel like a drug. There is euphoria when you are with the person and withrawal symptoms when you are not. Others have said the infatuation shares symptoms with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Is love a drug? Is it like OCD? In this episode, we examine the research to see what we know about love. Love! What do we know? Do We Know Things? Let’s find out! Listen to me talk more about this with some real life examples on Turn Me On Podcast - Episode 166 Find the script for this episode here. Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator. Music and editing Jeremy Dahl https://www.palebluedot.ca/ Script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe

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