Discussion Did your friends dump you too?

[struggles_inc]

Is that just me, or do your "friends" also start ghosting you after getting into a romantic relationship?
That happened to me a million times. I just don't get surprised anymore. They return like in a few months and try to rekindle the friendship, but naah, no way.

 

[4_science]

Yes. That is pretty normal. Over influx of oxytocin when you are in love. It acts like a drug in your brain. They want more to get their fix. Studies with rodents have been conducted. When presented with food or similar kick they have experienced before, the majority of rats ignored the food. (link to the study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156291/)

 

[struggles_inc]

Yes. That is pretty normal. Over influx of oxytocin when you are in love. It acts like a drug in your brain. They want more to get their fix. Studies with rodents have been conducted. When presented with food or similar kick they have experienced before, the majority of rats ignored the food. (link to the study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156291/)

I'm not sure that's normal. Might be natural like animal instinct, but completely inappropriate in my opinion. I never accepted them crawling back.