Lovestruck

Being lovestruck means having mental and physical symptoms associated with falling in love: 'love-struck. It means to be hit by love...you are hit in your heart by the emotion of love'.

Historically, being lovestruck has been viewed as a short-lived mental illness brought on by the intense changes associated with romantic love. Avicenna, a Persian polymath, viewed obsession as the principal symptom and cause of romantic love sickness. This diagnosis has been out of favor since the humoral model was abandoned, and since the advent of modern scientific psychiatry.

Metaphors

The concept is associated with a set of metaphors attempting to convey the speed and intensity of the (mainly visual) process of 'falling in love instantly; placing great importance on the moment of being love-struck'. Thus for example it has been described as 'like struck with a lightning bolt. The second that you see and meet the person, you are instantly in love'.

Alternately, there is Cupid's arrow; whilst Uncle Toby uses an image from musketry: 'I am in love with Mrs Wadman, quoth my uncle Toby - She has left a ball here - added my uncle Toby - pointing to his breast'.

Lovestruck (disambiguation)

Lovestruck means having mental and physical symptoms associated with falling in love.

Lovestruck may also refer to:

See also

Lovestruck (Madness song)

"Lovestruck" is a song by the band Madness. The release marked the first time they had put out original material for over ten years, and signified their return to music. The song was the lead single from their 1999 album Wonderful, and was heavily promoted.

The song peaked at number ten in the UK Singles Chart, which was the first time a new Madness single had hit the top ten since the 1983 release "The Sun and the Rain".

Track listing

Two versions of the single were released on CD.

CD1

CD2

Chart performance

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