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the brain chemical that mistakes a stranger for a destiny worth wrecking everything over.
means An intense feeling of sexual desire, or by extension a powerful craving for something like power, money, or fame.
from From Old English 'lust,' meaning simply 'desire, pleasure, or appetite' — at first morally neutral, you could lust after food or learning as easily as flesh. It shares deep Germanic roots with Old Norse 'lyst' and German 'Lust' (which still cheerfully means 'pleasure' or 'fun'). The narrowing toward carnal heat came later, hardened by centuries of moralists who decided that wanting things too much, especially that thing, was a sin worth naming.
- chemical
- Driven by testosterone in both men and women
- dopamine
- Lights up the same circuits as cocaine
- deadly seven
- One of Christianity's seven deadly sins
- short fuse
- Lust's intense rush rarely outlasts a few years
- goggles
- Arousal measurably distorts judgment and risk-taking
henry viii — english king who married 6 times, beheaded 2 wives, and broke with rome for anne boleyn
caligula — roman emperor (37-41 ad) infamous for extreme sexual excess and depravity documented by suetonius
samson and delilah — biblical account where samson's lust for delilah led to his betrayal and blindness