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Affection and intimacy are human needs, and wonderful examples of human interaction. These experiences arise in us from interaction with our beloved. And let's not forget the feeling of butterflies in our stomach when we feel new love, the lightness in our body, and the anticipation which holds us when we are waiting for a meeting with our beloved one. The more you interact with a loved one, the more it becomes a dependency on each other.

Brain scientists claim that the average person processes around 50,000 different thoughts during a day. Of these thoughts only 2500 are consciously identified.

We are the most aware of our thoughts when we have fallen in love. This is because our thoughts are constantly revolving around the person we have fallen in love with. We recall how they looked at us, what they said, how they behaved, etc. Isn't that wonderful?

Each of these thoughts makes us more dependent on their personality and the feelings which they triggered in us.

The symptoms of romantic love are similar to the symptoms of many common psychiatrical diseases like:

• Mania – which leads to heightened excitement levels, lower self-esteem and a wish to give presents, irrationally commit, etc.

• Symptoms involved with depression – like insomnia, increased sadness, difficulties in concentration, loss of appetite, etc.

• Obsessive thoughts analogous to those associated with addictive disorders (revolving around the target of affection), a need for control (has s/he called or texted?), and rituals concerned with hygiene (am I clean enough and good looking for this person?).

Heavenly pleasure, manic addiction, pain and suffering – only being in love can give us the whole palette of feelings and experiences! What would life be without the roller-coaster ride of romantic love?