“Dr. Helen Fisher discovered that the ‘frustration-attraction’ experience of obstacles in a romantic relationship actually elevates feelings of love rather than eradicating them. In fact, she noted that the brain is activated in a similar way when we are in adversity-ridden relationships as they are in cocaine addicts. Toxic love is, quite literally, a drug addiction.’”
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