Infatuation is an often misunderstood emotional reaction to a typically physical attraction. Notice I did not say emotion. I believe love is an emotion and infatuation is a chemical reaction in the brain to certain stimuli that pleases and confuses the brain on a few levels but falls far short of the depth of the most beautiful emotion, love. Infatuation is almost like a drug fix on several levels and our brain is very influenced by endorphins that are released from feelings of infatuation. Let me examine some aspects of infatuation to spell out what I am saying in a way that makes it very clear what infatuation really is and what it is not.

Infatuation is not love, and in very rare cases does it ever lead to love. You see infatuation is sort of ham strung from the start my being tied to lust. Infatuation is a response to a very strong feeling of lust, or physical desire, and a person's reaction to that feeling. To be sure, you need to do an honest examination of your heart and even ask a stable confidant to help you identify the source of this feeling. Defining if your feelings are really more shallow than substantive early on will save you heart ache later. Lust can be so powerful and attractive that we long to convert it to, or mistakenly believe it is, the emotion of love. That is where infatuation comes in. Infatuation is simply the fixation on the blissful, lustful desires and fantasies we are feeling for someone until we foolishly and blindly convince ourself it is love. Back off a little and be truthful to yourself then seek advice from stable friends that will shoot straight with you on what they think about your situation. Take wisdom under honest advisement and think with your mind instead of your heart.

Most people involved in an infatuation for very long actually convince themselves they are in love. Those charged chemical feelings of infatuation will fade and the person you may begin seeing could be a far different person than the one you longed to believe in. Simply because initial feelings seem strong does not equate they are love. Just like a drug, the chemicals responsible for feelings of infatuation can alter your perception of reality. Love is much deeper than infatuation in that love is based on truth and facts. Love has substance, though being hard to define. Infatuation is based on the hopes and wishes of a person who wants another person to in fact be the person they love. Infatuation is usually not going to end up as

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