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Lovesick? You Might Really Be Sick! 害相思吗?你可能真的病了!

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Falling in love can be a wonderfully magical experience. ___1___ However, love might also make you sick!

恋爱可以是一种美妙的体验。的确，研究显示恋爱中的成年人血压较低且承受压力较少，然而恋爱也可能使你生病。

In 1990, a psychiatrist at the University of Pisa in Italy discovered that people who are in love exhibit many of the same symptoms as sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). ___2___ As part of her research, Dr. Donatella Marazziti compared a group of people who had recently fallen in love, a group that had OCD, and a control group. ___3___ People with low levels of serotonin, a chemical neurotransmitter, tend to be more aggressive and often suffer from anxiety and depression. And now, it looks like love can cause these same problems.

1990年，意大利比萨大学一位精神科医师发现，恋爱中的人会出现许多和强迫症患者相同的症状。这两种人都有明显的经常性焦虑、对某些事有接近病态的执着以及重复或过分迷恋的行为。玛拉济提博士在她的研究中针对三组人做比较:一组是最近恋爱的人，一组是患有强迫症的人，和一组对照组。她发现前两组人脑中的血清素比控制组的少了40%。血清素是一种神经传导物质，血清素浓度低的人往往比较具有攻击性，并且常受到焦虑和忧郁之苦。由此看来，恋爱是会引起上述的那些问题。

___4___ An analysis of almost 8,200 teens in the U.S. showed that adolescents who were romantically involved experienced more symptoms of depression than those who weren’t.

康乃尔大学也有一份研究显示，恋爱会引响心理健康。一项对全美约八千二百位青少年所作的分析显示，恋爱中的青少年经历的忧郁症状比没有恋爱的青少年来得多。

Love is a wonderful emotion, but it’s very powerful. If you are obsessed with someone or feel overly emotional or depressed, you just might be in love. ___5___ Although most of us have little choice, it might be healthier to fall out of love until you can think more clearly.

恋爱是一种很美好的感觉，但恋爱的威力也很大。如果你对某人着迷，或是感觉过度情绪化、过度沮丧，那你可能是恋爱了。要知道，脑中的化学变化在这些情绪中扮演着很重要的角色。虽然我们大多数的人都无从选择，但是如果你能想清楚一点在谈恋爱可能会比较健康。

－By Laara Hinnegan

(A) Constant anxious thoughts, fixations on certain things, and repetitive or obsessive actions were evident in both groups.

(B) Be aware that chemical changes in your brain play a big part in these feelings.

(C) Indeed, studies show that adults who are in love have lower blood pressure and experience less stress.

(D) She found that people in the first two groups had 40% less serotonin in their brains than those in the control group.

(E) Another study at Cornell University also indicated that love can affect mental health.

Vocabulary

psychiatrist [saɪˋkaɪətrɪst] n. 精神科医生

symptom [ˋsɪmptəm] n. 症状，征候

aggressive [əˋgrɛsɪv] adj. 好斗的，侵略的

depression [dɪˋprɛʃən] n. 沮丧

adolescent [͵æd!ˋɛsnt] n. 青少年

obsess [əbˋsɛs] v. 迷住，使着迷

evident [ˋɛvədənt] adj. 明显的；明白的

stress [strɛs] n. 压力；紧张

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obsessive-compulsive disorder 强迫症

serotonin [͵sɛrəˋtonɪn] n. 血清素

neurotransmitter [͵njʊroˋtrænsmɪtɚ] n. 神经传导物质

be romantically [rəˋmæntɪk!ɪ] involved adv.  坠入情网的

overly [ˋovɚlɪ] adv. 过度地；极度地

fixation [fɪkˋseʃən] n. 不正常的依恋﹐固恋

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