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love's caffeine high: intense, jittery, and gone before you finish the cup
means An intense but short-lived passion or fascination, usually built more on idealized fantasy than on real knowledge of its object.
from From Latin infatuare, 'to make a fool of,' built from in- (a strengthening prefix here) plus fatuus, 'foolish, silly, insipid' — the same root that gives us 'fatuous.' So at its core, to be infatuated is literally to be made foolish; the Romans baked the embarrassment right into the word.
- brain chemistry
- Dopamine surges mimic cocaine's effect on the brain
- expiration date
- Studies suggest the rush fades within 18 months
- latin roots
- From fatuus, meaning foolish or silly
- blind spot
- Lowers serotonin, similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder
- the tell
- You idealize flaws instead of actually seeing them
for instance
napoleon and josephine — french emperor wrote obsessive letters to his wife, threatened suicide if she didn't return his affection during their courtship