Your brain on love is literally your brain on drugs

Just wanted to share two videos about what actually happens in your brain when you’re falling for someone. It explains the science through a couple’s story in simple terms.

Turns out when you’re crushing hard, your brain literally can’t tell the difference between your crush and a hit of hard drugs. At the same time, some brain chemicals drop to OCD levels, which explains a lot!

The video also explains how the chemical chaos fades after about a year, but that doesn’t mean love dies — it just evolves into something different.

It covers the basic neuroscience behind it all, plus practical advice for navigating the end of the honeymoon phase. Worth a watch!

Links to the YouTube videos:

Part 1 has the general explanation

Part 2 is a follow up more podcast style open conversation