How First Love Affects the Brain

  You live your first experiences of childhood and adolescence with special intensity. So much so that sometimes, as an adult, you feel like you’d like to relive a certain experience again for the first time. For example, no doubt you can remember how a certain book, movie or series, music group, or, of course, certain people affected you. First love is often a mixture of fireworks and pain. It’s both exciting and sad at the same time. That’s because, despite the experience being so special, young lovers are completely new to these situations. Consequently, there are often disappointments, occasional…