Monday, August 30, 2010
Love brings pleasure and pain
The research, carried out by the University of Buffalo in New York, revealed that both falling in love and being heartbroken are more memorable events in our life than professional or personal highs.
Director of the study, Professor Shira Gabriel, said: "This research suggests that the events that end up being most important in our lives, the events that bring us the most happiness and also carry the potential for the most pain, are social events - moments of connecting to others and feeling their connections to us."
She continued: "We found that it was not independent events or individual achievements like winning awards or completing tasks that affected participants the most, but the moments when close relationships began or ended; when people fell in love or found a new friend; when a loved one died or broke their hearts."
So forget the feeling that a work promotion or a marathon win brings, because it's being dumped and locking lips with a man for the first time that will be the memory you treasure!
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