LOVE SICKNESS - SOLVE IT IN 2007!

There are always lots of stories claiming it is single women who fall in love to fast but new statistics are showing a different side to the dating story....

- 30% of men say they fell in love on the first date
- 12% suffer from dizziness as a result- 24% of single men in love took time off work
– 8 million working days a year!- 30% of men dating say their thinking became impaired
- Just one in a hundred British men suffer from Tom Cruise syndrome
– a need to go on and on about their new love to anyone who will listen!It’s official;

British single men fall in love faster than single women and they are more likely to suffer adverse physical side effects as a result, a new study has found. Dizziness, rashes, stomach aches and days were just some of the symptoms experienced by 5,800 people across Europe studied by online dating specialist PARSHIP – part of their European Love index. One in three British single men say they fell in love on the first date, with half, 47%, falling in love on date two and date three.

However, single women showed much more caution with their hearts; just one in ten experiencing immediate love when dating and 72% fell between date five and ten.What’s more, PARSHIP’s Love Index study discovered that 63% of British single men suffer adverse side effects (in other words, lovesickness), compared to 56% of single men in other European countries. More than one in ten British single men (12%) experienced dizziness, blotches and stomach ache as a consequence of falling in love.

One in five single men (22%) experienced heart palpations, with their average resting heartbeat rising by 40% when viewing a photograph of their new love. Nearly a third of single men (30%) weren’t able to think clearly. Their sleep patterns were affected; they were unable to concentrate at work – productivity dropped by 20% – and 24% of single men admitted to calling in sick.While physical symptoms are most common among men from single men in Britain, at the other end of the scale are Frenchmen – usually thought to be the most romantic in Europe.

Only four out of ten, (42%) of the single Frenchmen in the study suffered physical side effects. Frenchmen and women are ten times more likely to start to show Tom Cruise Syndrome. Around 6% of single Frenchmen and 15% of single Frenchwomen had alienated themselves from their friends and family by boring them with repetitive conversation about their new love. Just 1% of British single men and single women displayed any of this behaviour.Dr Victoria Lukats, psychiatrist, dating and relationship expert commented:“The research clearly shows that single men are likely to fall in love faster than single women, but the question is why? It could be that single men just make up their mind quicker than single women in all sorts of areas whether it’s buying a new pair of jeans, deciding what to have for dinner, or who they want to spend the rest of their life with. However, the scientific explanation my simply come down biology.

In prehistoric times single men may have fathered a large number of children over their lifetime, whereas single women were unable to do the same. A single woman is investing a great deal in falling in love and potentially having a child with someone. In order to give her child (and her genes) the best possible chance of surviving into adulthood any small advantage can help. It could be seen as a safer gamble to take longer in weighing up a mates potential fathering ability before taking the plunge.

This still applies to some extent in today’s society.” “While nobody really knows why we fall in love, scientists think that the process helps couples to stay together for longer than it takes just to make a baby. The explanation for this could be that a child who is brought up with both parents taking an active interest might be more likely to survive into adulthood and then pass on the genes to future generations. Being passionately in love can last up to seven years, although in most cases the physical symptoms subside once we become comfortable and familiar with each other,” continues Dr Lukats. “Most of us have experienced the sensation of falling in love, with butterflies in the stomach, nervous anticipation and that general warm fuzzy feeling – although sometime these effects can be more extreme.

This is thought to be associated in part with a surge in the hormone Oxytocin. Interestingly, this is the same hormone that is released when mothers are breast feeding and bonding with their babies. It is also released in the brain after an orgasm.”Dr Victoria Lukats’s top tips to those who want to find happiness through love1) Make the most of yourself – on the inside and the outside.2) Widen your social circle and make sure you are regularly meeting new people.3) Appear open and confident when you first meet people.4) Date people with whom you are compatible and who are similar to you in terms of personality, attitudes and outlook on life.5) Join an internet dating agency that matches people on compatible personality traits rather than looks alone, such as www.Lets-Get-Together.co.uk

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