Fall in love is different for everyone, but how do you know exactly if you are in love? According to science, there are tell-tale signs who can give it away.
1. You catch yourself staring
Dr. Brown, neuroscientist and professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, conducted a study of emotions. According to the professor, eyes are very important when it comes to falling in love. When you fall in love, you can’t take your eyes off your crush. Moreover, people find eye contact very important, the professor explains Your Tango. “When you’re in love, your eyes constantly wander to the person you’re crazy about. You can’t help but want to look at that person all the time.”
2. You feel high
When you’re in love, you may have turned into a waterfall of speech who wants to talk about her sweetheart all the time. You may be hyper-talking about someone because you drank too much caffeine. However, it could also be something else. “Being in love can feel like being high on cocaine,” Brown explains. After all, many symptoms are the same. This gives you more energy, your heart beats faster and it is sometimes difficult to eat or sleep. When you are in love, you can feel euphoric. Something that also happens when you’re high. Your brain produces dopamine by default, but produces it even more when you’re in love.
3. You can’t keep your hands off your sweetheart
You don’t just want to look at your crush, but also continuously touch them. If you’re hungry, grab something to eat. That’s how it goes when you’re in love. You are always looking for rapprochement. This is one of the reasons why boys and girls in primary school sometimes push each other or pull each other’s hair when they like someone. When you’re in love, you just can’t resist the urge to touch each other all the time.
4. You think about them all the time
Because you make more dopamine, you constantly think about your crush. On average, people in love think about each other about 85 percent of the day. “Most people can’t stop thinking about each other when they’re just in love. It’s almost an obsession.”
5. You have strong feelings for only one person
According to Dr. Brown, people looking for a relationship only have strong feelings for one person. Moreover, someone who is really in love does not have to have sex right away. According to a study from 2002. If you are in love with your lover, you prefer to have that emotional connection before you dive into the suitcase. The study also found that we seek sexual exclusivity with that one person because we naturally hope for a relationship in order to eventually reproduce.
Source: Your Tango, Things for Women | Image: Jonathan Borba
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