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the brain on a crush, running a fever it mistakes for forever.
means Possessed by an intense, short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something, usually with judgment switched off.
from From Latin infatuatus, past participle of infatuare, 'to make a fool of,' built from in- (an intensifier) plus fatuus, 'foolish' — the same fatuus that gives us 'fatuous.' So at its Roman root, to be infatuated is literally to be turned into a fool, which the heart has always known.
- latin roots
- From fatuus, meaning foolish or silly
- brain chemistry
- Dopamine spikes mimic the high of cocaine
- shelf life
- Romantic obsession typically fades within two years
- sleep loss
- Lowered serotonin echoes obsessive-compulsive patterns
- blind spot
- Idealizes the person while ignoring obvious flaws
for instance
napoleon and josephine — napoleon wrote her obsessive letters during military campaigns and remained devoted despite her infidelities
gatsby and daisy buchanan — f. scott fitzgerald's 1925 novel centers on gatsby's five-year romantic obsession with a married woman