Though it might be preferable to gracefully waltz into love, it’s not called falling in love for nothing. Meeting someone new, whether it’s on a blind date, online or even through a matchmaker, and developing feelings for them is messy, it’s overwhelming, and is actually accompanied by its fair share of strange physical signs.
Just in case you haven’t heard it a million times, you should listen to your heart, literally. According to science, your body is actually trying to tell you that you’ve met the one… or at least the one for now. Either way, these are the strange symptoms of falling madly, deeply in love.
You're actually feeling less pain, emotionally and physically.
Though it's always a gamble as to whether it'll end in pain with a breakup, the beginning of love is actually painless, at least physically.
According to the New York Times, researchers from Stanford University found out just how love can feel like the ultimate drug, a painkiller that leaves the human brain unable to register pain at its pre-love levels.
For participants, looking at a picture of a loved one reduced moderate pain by about 40% and eased severe pain by about 10 to 15% in comparison to seeing a snap of an acquaintance. Talk about the friend zone.
You feel kind of drunk.
No, it's not just those after-work margaritas and/or the pre-date tequila shots to calm your nerves. Love leaves you feeling a little bit buzzed, thanks to hormones.
According to CNN, when you're in love you may feel uninhibited, unafraid, and more boastful because of oxytocin. University of Birmingham researchers looked into existing research on the effects of both oxytocin and alcohol. They technically occur in two different parts of the brain, but they actually have similar outcomes.
Your oxytocin levels may have you acting a little differently, especially when you're around your crush. And they said act natural. Good luck!
You're unable to form words.
There's a reason you can't form words around your wannabe bae and it has nothing to do with their perfect hair or adorable smile.
Blame nor epinephrine. Though it's still being studied, according to Health, this powerful hormone increases your heart rate, getting you all sorts of hot and bothered (read: flustered and fumbled) when your crush so much as approaches.
You're just going to have to do a little practicing, because for now, it looks like a cat's got your tongue.
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