Are YOU in Love ?

Falling in love is an experience worth living for. And the first time you fall in love, that’s a memory of a lifetime. But how to know if you are in love in the first place?

There are so many strange psychological facts about love too.

Do you know why you blush or kiss in love?

Or why heartbreaks hurt so much?

Falling in love is a wonderful and crazy feeling that’s worth experiencing at least once in our lives. When you know you are falling in love, the way you look at the world and experience life can change in a moment.

These happy moments are called the little things in love, and they can be your best friend and guide in love.

Little things in love are just that… little and rather simple little acts of love that you can do for your partner.

Look into each other’s eyes when you make love.

Say “I love you”… at least a few times every day.

Kiss your partner when  she least expect it!   Ahem… as long as you’re not in the middle of an argument.

Love makes us crazy

Why are little acts of love so important to keep that warm buzz of love and that glow alive?

There are times in your life when you just sit down and watch the rain pitter-patter against the window pane.

At times like these, you wish you could do so many things for your lover.

You wish you could buy her the moon, or you wish you could just take a break and gift a well deserved vacation to your hard working man.

For one thing, love causes serotonin levels in the brain to drop, which may lead people to obsess about their lover.

All of us have our own experiences in love, and every moment is as unique as the person who is falling in love.

Many believe in love at first sight while many others think the best kind of love is one where two friends understand each other and fall in love gradually.

The levels of serotonin, a chemical produced by the body, are also low in people who have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Next, it ramps up production of the stress hormone cortisol, leading to slightly higher blood pressure and possible loss of sleep.

Scientists at the University of London have found that when people look at their new lover, the neural circuits that are usually in charge of social judgment are suppressed.

All in all, love kind of leaves you obsessive, stressed, and blind!

Now however you may fall in love, the feelings are all the same. And when you’re in love, you’ll just know!

When you fall in love with someone, you start to experience feelings and urges that are quite unexplainable and confusing.

How to know if you are in love ……

Falling is love may be a single emotion, but that single emotion can cause so many hormonal, chemical and emotional changes, it’s almost unbelievable.

You’re definitely in love if you’re experiencing these emotions.

Butterflies in your stomach

For anyone who experiences falling in love it first sight, you can’t really help but experience butterflies in your stomach.

It’s a vague sensation of wanting to throw up and trying to get to the loo at the same time.

So why does this happen? Surprisingly, no one really knows why this even happens! But it just does.

Some scientists believe this is due to the release of adrenalin by your body because of the nervousness you experience when you fall in love at first sight.

Unexplained happiness.

Do you find yourself kissing pillows, jumping up and down in excitement and joy for no apparent reason and giving your lover funny little pet names? You may just be in love.

According to Helen Fisher, anthropologist from Rutgers University, when you fall in love, the levels of dopamine in the brain increase due to the increased blood flow to the regions where the receptors of dopamine are present. Dopamine, a pleasure chemical, makes you more excited, energetic and full of life.

The dopamine released in the brain make you feel sleepless, restless, full of happiness and make you think about your lover, a lot. Ever taken cocaine? That’s just like an intense burst of dopamine!

You can’t think of anyone else .

When you’re in love, you can’t really think of anything else but your lover. They’d be tirelessly running around in your mind and you can’t work, remember things or focus on other interests. This is due to norepinephrine, a chemical compound that gets released along with dopamine, in the brain.

You get sexually attracted… a lot!

In a study conducted on several young couples madly in love, it was seen that the levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter found mostly in the intestinal tract, dropped dangerously low, something that’s experienced by people suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder.

But on the other hand, it was noticed that low serotonin levels in young couples increased the desire to have sex. Talk about evolution’s way of forcing the ritual of baby making while we’re completely attracted to each other!

You get depressed easily.

Do you get upset easily if the person you like upsets you in any manner? Well, you may be in love. While the drop in the serotonin level makes you more horny, it also makes you depressed and anxious!

Even the smallest of things can upset you or your lover, and both of you may end up spending a lot of time trying to please each other with little acts of love and affection.

While each act of love increases the love and attraction, each disappointment makes you more vulnerable to pain and depression.

Your thoughts ………………?

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Thank you …Did you know there is a “right”? way to kiss?  Muah…. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of left, says a report published in the journal, Nature. A scientist from Ruhr University in Germany analyzed 124 pairs of smoochers and found that 65 percent tilt their head toward the right.

A rosy glow might also act as a similar cue in humans, say the British researchers, sending a message of good health. They speculate that it could explain why women use blushers. 

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