Your heart has been feeling light for the past few days. You find yourself smiling without realising it. Only thoughts of that person keep swirling around in your head all the time. And when they appear before your eyes, your heartbeat increases. You can clearly understand that you have fallen in love. When you fall in love, the world around you changes a little. It's as if a touch of colour comes to your rough, dry life. But do you know what actually happens in your body? The moment you fall in love, your brain also goes through some emotional and chemical reactions. That's why feeling light-hearted, an increased heartbeat, and constantly thinking about your partner become natural.
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Why does your heart feel light?
When you fall in love, dopamine, the 'feel-good' hormone, is released in your body. This hormone keeps you full of energy. You become ecstatic with joy. It's as if your feet don't touch the ground. You remain excited all the time. You keep smiling softly for no reason. Therefore, the reason for feeling light-hearted when you fall in love is the dopamine hormone.
Why does your heartbeat increase?
When you fall in love, along with dopamine, the noradrenaline hormone also starts being released. This chemical increases your heartbeat. At the same time, your palms and soles start sweating. This hormone creates such feelings in your body that romantic feelings develop within you.
Why do thoughts of your partner keep spinning in your head all the time?
When you fall in love, it's not just that happy hormone levels increase. Serotonin levels also decrease. This hormone's job is to keep you calm. So when this hormone's level decreases, you develop an obsession centred around a particular subject. In the case of love, this happens centred around your partner. That is, due to decreased serotonin levels, you keep thinking about your partner all the time.
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Why can't you recognise red flags when falling in love?
In the early stages of a relationship, you like everything about your partner. You don't see any bad side in them at all. But as time progresses, you start recognising the red flags. By then, some people become emotionally entangled in the relationship, while others can't break up even if they want to. Do you know why this happens? When you fall in love, your brain's prefrontal cortex works less. This part of the brain helps you think rationally. And when this prefrontal cortex works less, it means you don't consider things rationally at that time. As they say, when people fall in love, they don't think with their heads. This is exactly what happens. That's why even when red flags are right in front of your eyes, you can't recognise them.
