Horizon | Of Passion Madness Mania V01 Line Patched

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Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther is a perfect case study. Werther’s passion for Lotte (P) accelerates into obsessive letter-writing and stalking (Mania), collapses into suicidal ideation (Madness), and finally crosses a horizon from which he cannot return. The novel’s infamous copycat suicides proved that this line was not merely literary—it was lethal.

Why does passion so easily slide into mania? Dopamine. The same neurotransmitter rewards us for pursuing a goal (passion) and, in excess, produces delusions and compulsive behavior (mania). The v01 Line exists where dopamine flips from friend to foe.

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