Watch this when
The brain in love | Helen Fisher
You're not crazy for feeling this much. Your brain on love and on rejection is doing exactly what it was built to do.
Who it's for
After rejection, many people feel ashamed of how obsessed or out of control they are; hearing a researcher describe brain-scan studies of people in love and people just rejected can reframe that intensity as biology rather than weakness.
Confused→Understood
Feelings it meets
What it is
In this TED2008 talk, biological anthropologist Helen Fisher explores why humans crave romantic love so intensely and will go to great lengths for it.
Where to find it
YouTube, official TED channel (free). Also on TED.com.
Before you start
Age: Ages 14+
My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapter 15
