Love and Depression
Although love and melancholy are closely related, to construe love solely as a form of depression is clearly inaccurate. Separation and rejection might well provoke the same symptoms of depression, but is much more than yearning, pining and sadness. It is also joy, euphoria and ecstacy. When such positive emotions are felt very intensensly, they, too, can cause problems: for example overconfidence, boastfulness, recklessness and a failure to recognize realistic limits.
In human societies, mate selection is not usually followed immediately by marriage. Typically there is a delay or period of engagement. Again, this tradition of extended courtship may have been evolutionary. It does not always follow that a man with resources will also be willing to share them. A period of delay might provide further opportunities to assess whether crude signs of fitness (such as health, strength and wealth) are complimented by other important attributes such as warmth and, more importantly, generosity.
Frank Tallis- Love Sick
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