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The Thirst For Love

The Thirst For Love

If you don’t feel that you have a meaningful relationship, it’s as if you are socially thirsty, and your brain sends a signal to tell you that you need to help your social body. Some of the same alarms activated when people are thirsty are activated when people feel socially disconnected from others. The key is not to suppress these feelings. They are meant to help us survive; we are meant to do something about it.

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"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." - Plato

Love, and how it changes our brain.

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