Love Hurts

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Love Hurts
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Enduring Love

• Years subdue the ardor of passion, but in lieu
  thereof friendship and affection deep-rooted
  subsists, which defies the ravages of time, and
  whilst the vital flame exists.
• Abigail Adams

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Why Doesnt the Passion Last?
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Case Study 1 Brad Pitt
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Case Study 2 Donald Trump
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Case Study 3 Tom Cruise
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Case Study 4 J. Lo
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Lessons from the Animal Kingdom
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Falling Out of Love
Joe Dude, where'd she dump you, man?Lloyd
In the car.Denny Oh man, your car? Man,
Dissed in the Malibu. Thats your castle,
man. From Say Anything
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Lost Love Stage I (Protest)

• Elevated levels of dopamine, norepinephrine,
  cortisol
• Anger and rage as a survival mechanism?
• TIME heals this separation anxiety, panic, and
  rage

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Lost Love Stage I (Protest)
DC Why dont you just call her again?Lloyd
I draw the line at 7 unreturned phone calls.
Lloyd "Hi, this is Lloyd. This is my 8th and
final phone call."
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Lost Love Stage II (Resignation/Despair)

• Decreased levels of dopamine
• Benefits of depression?
• Again, TIME heals loves wounds

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Lost Love Stage II (Resignation/Despair)
Lloyd "She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave
her my heart... she gave me a pen."
Lloyd The rain on my car is a baptism, the new
me, Power Lloyd, my assault on the world begins
now.
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Crimes of Passion

• Low levels of serotonin
• The Justice Department reports that every year
  over a million American women are stalked (most
  are between ages eighteen and thirty-nine) 59
  percent of them are stalked by boyfriends,
  husbands, former spouses, or live-in partners.
• Some 370,000 American men reported being stalked
  in 1997 most were between the ages of eighteen
  and thirty-ninemen of reproductive age.