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Love, Decoded: Why We Mistake Intensity for Connection (and What Healthy Love Actually Feels Like) - Why your brain confuses emotional highs with chemistry and how to retrain it to recognise real connection instead.
Why We Mistake Intensity for Connection (and What Healthy Love Actually Feels Like) attachment theory connection emotional intensity healing after abuse healthy relationships love psychology nervous system regulation relationship patterns trauma bonding Nov 03, 2025

Here's why your brain confuses emotional highs with chemistry - and how to retrain it to recognise real connection instead.

We mistake intensity for connection because our brains equate emotional adrenalineĀ - the rush of excitement, the quick heartbeat, the uncertainty - with love and chemistry.

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Eve Howe-Robinson

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With a decade in psychology and domestic abuse intervention, I blend evidence, empathy, and lived experience to help you heal, grow, and build something better?

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