I put the dope in dopamine

What is love? Love is a drug, according to Roxy Music and some researchers. As we know, anything that makes us feel good is, say it with me, dopamine!

But how does that chemical travel?"A U.S. News and World Report article explains the importance of the vagus, a nerve that threads through your whole body. It transports signals from your brain to your organs, 'setting the heart pounding, making the stomach do flip-flops, and of course, lighting the loins on fire'....

Tennov's group also reported 'intrusive thinking,' where it seems like your brain is fixated on the object of your affection."

This is my problem with Adam. I get that intrusive thinking and the loins on fire, and I lose my capacity for rational thought. And I know it's just my dopamine! I know there doesn't have to be a reason for it except chemicals. I mean, he's a great guy, he's cute, he's smart, and he has a really good heart, but he doesn't want me. Why do I insist on torturing myself? Dopamine. Cause I'm an addict at the heart of it all.