Higher-than-usual levels of hormones, like dopamine and norepinephrine, drive the intensity of these early feelings. Over time, that just-fell-in-love feeling often transforms into something less charged, but more stable and lasting. The first flicker of love, when you fall head over heels for someone, often seems more like infatuation, complete with plenty of excitement and nervousness.Īnd if it’s mutual? The euphoric bliss many people experience can keep you and your partner completely wrapped up in each other. These swoony sensations we recognize as signs that we’re truly into someone are symptoms of sexual passion - not of undying devotion.Sometimes, it progresses through specific stages.
Turns out there’s no distinction, at least not when it comes to the brain. When I reached out to scientific experts for this story, I underscored that the focus was on a new romance or a crush rather than lust or passion. The Butterflies Are Really About The Birds and The Bees My body did the talking and my mind listened. When I went on my second date with my now fiancé nearly five years ago, it was only because the thought of seeing him again made my heart skip a beat and I felt so nervous I couldn’t eat. “I just didn’t feel anything,” I’d report to my friends. I can recall plenty of first Internet dates that I went into optimistically (he sounded perfect in his profile!) only to return home disappointed. And the absence of these distinctly physical symptoms can be just as telling as their presence. It’s usually also clammy palms, a racing heart and an inability to focus on anything but the apple of your eye. How do you know you're in love or that you have a crush? Probably you get a fluttery sensation in your stomach, aka, "you feel butterflies." It's a poetic image: a belly full of glittering monarchs and swallowtails that alight when your beloved walks into the room: but it's more than just a moving metaphor it's a physical phenomenon that points to the profound tie between body and mind.Īnd it’s not just a jittery stomach.
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