When Love Drives you off the Trails

Abstract

Romantic love appears as the keystone of happiness and it is seen to involve plenty of various positive physical, psychological, and behavioral features (Aron et al., 2005; Gonzaga et al., 2001; Fisher, 2004; Hatfield & Sprecher, 1986; Maatta, 2011a,b; Maatta & Uusiautti, 2012a,d; Uusiautti & Maatta, 2011, 2012). These features are, among others, increased sense of well-being, energy, stronger selfesteem and self-regard, sexual appeal, and expectation of a promising symbiotic future. Many of these factors work two-way: on the one hand, they support positive togetherness while, on the other hand, they can become the chains of love.