Editing Love (section)

===Health===
Love plays a role in human well-being and health.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |title=Love as the Original Source of Strength for Life and Health |last1=Hemberg |first1=Jessica |last2=Eriksson | first2=Katie |last3=Nystrom |first3=Lisbet |date=2017 |journal=International Journal of Caring Sciences |volume=10 |issue=2 |s2cid=45264075 }}</ref> Engaging in activities associated with love, such as nurturing relationships, has been shown to activate key brain regions responsible for emotion, attention, motivation, and memory. These activities also contribute to the regulation of the [[autonomic nervous system]], leading to stress reduction over time, although the initial stages of love may induce stress.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last1=Esch |first1=Tobias |last2=Stefano |first2=George B. |date=June 2005 |title=Love promotes health |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15990734/ |journal=Neuro Endocrinology Letters |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=264–267 |issn=0172-780X |pmid=15990734}}</ref> Love's social bonds enhance both physical and mental health, fostering resilience, compassion, and closeness. It boosts immune function and promotes healing, while also encouraging positive motivations and behaviors for individual flourishing and survival.<ref name=":6" /> Breakups can evoke a range of emotional states, including distrust, rejection, and anger, leading to trauma and various psychological challenges such as anxiety, social withdrawal, and even love addiction. Individuals may become fixated on past relationships, perpetuating emotional distress akin to addiction.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Timmreck |first=Thomas C. |date=April 1990 |title=Overcoming the Loss of a Love: Preventing Love Addiction and Promoting Positive Emotional Health |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.2466/pr0.1990.66.2.515 |journal=Psychological Reports |language=en |volume=66 |issue=2 |pages=515–528 |doi=10.2466/pr0.1990.66.2.515 |pmid=2190254 |issn=0033-2941}}</ref> Health benefits grow bigger when married couples are older, this is because the partners play a crucial role in promoting each other's well-being.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rauer |first1=Amy J. |last2=Sabey |first2=Allen |last3=Jensen |first3=Jakob F. |date=August 2014 |title=Growing old together: Compassionate love and health in older adulthood |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0265407513503596 |journal=Journal of Social and Personal Relationships |language=en |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=677–696 |doi=10.1177/0265407513503596 |issn=0265-4075}}</ref>