The Life You Make: The Chemical Nature of Love; Do We Control Love or Does Love Control Us?

Inspired by the film What the Bleep do We Know, people are asking, do we control love or does love control us? It suggests that human nature is drawn to love, because of a biological and chemical response in our body, and one that we, don’t have any control over. (Great! So now we have an excuse for falling for the “wrong” person?) Well according to the research of Helen Fisher of the University of New Jersey, it’s not that simple, but there may be more to it than poor judgment. Believe me, I am by no means an expert in chemistry, and with a year of being single, I am wondering if I know anything about it at all! Not to mention, I tend to put most of my reasoning to the universe’s power, (it makes a bad date less traumatic). However, I was asked to research this topic, and so, I opened my mind to the possibility that, in all the ups and downs of love, it may all be a matter of…science.