From Cliff Pain
So falling in love is just the same as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)?
Kathryn Brown’s feature doesn’t do much for the conventional image of scientists
as people who aren’t in touch with their feelings.
As anyone who has fallen in love once or twice knows, when you are in that
blissful state, you feel “as one” with your beloved; your egos have merged. This
produces feelings of joy quite different from the kind of despair felt by OCD
sufferers. This merging may indeed cause frequent bouts of thoughtful fixation
but there is more to it than obsession.
Cremorne, NSW, Australia
