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How To Know If You Are In Love by smobnology(m): 9:32am On Sep 14, 2015
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. But The Bigger Question Is How To Know If You Are In Love? Well, Find Out Here.

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?
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. [
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.

Read these signs to know if you are in love.
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.
Your stomach starts to perform intricate back flips
and the insides of your stomach feel like they’re
fluttering!
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 experien
ced 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
Hot, 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.
How to know if you are in love
Falling in love with someone, and staying in love with
someone are two completely different experiences.
While most people believe it was love right from the
beginning, falling in love actually begins with a note
of lust and sexual excitement along with the flutter of
love.
Falling in love is like a drug, and unfortunately, just
like a drug, it doesn’t really last forever. While the
levels of chemicals like dopamine and serotonin
gradually come back to normal after a few months or
years depending on the type of relationship, it’s up to
the lovers to find ways to keep the excitement in love
alive.
Every time you have a crush on someone, the whole
game of chemistry in love starts firing the Bunsen
burners and we’re back to square one all over again.
But evolution and the hormone oxytocin though,
have found a way to make lovers seek commitment
and make couples fall in love forever. It has created
stages in love, and all these experiences are just one
single stage in the process of falling in love.
So how to know if you are in love? You’re going to
be experiencing every single emotion that’s been
explained here. But is your love going to last
forever? Well, that’s a whole different story!
We’re trying hard to create better relationships in the
world. But we can’t do it without YOU!
Did this feature help you better yourself or your
relationship? You can change someone else’s life too!
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Re: How To Know If You Are In Love by Nobody: 9:36am On Sep 14, 2015
hmmmmmm is all i can say.
Re: How To Know If You Are In Love by Sandydayz(f): 9:49am On Sep 14, 2015
Chai... Encyclopedia this morning... be right back
Re: How To Know If You Are In Love by kiddkash(m): 9:50am On Sep 14, 2015
softapples:
hmmmmmm is all i can say.
too long to read right

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Re: How To Know If You Are In Love by Nobody: 9:52am On Sep 14, 2015
kiddkash:
too long to read right
LOL bro i fell asleep while reading it
Re: How To Know If You Are In Love by marshalcarter: 10:05am On Sep 14, 2015
#yawns
Re: How To Know If You Are In Love by henribj(m): 10:29am On Sep 14, 2015
OP can you summarize?
Re: How To Know If You Are In Love by CUM4WHAT(m): 11:12am On Sep 14, 2015
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