사랑에 대한 흥미로운 사실 20

Love is pure, love is painful, love is sweet and love is dreadful. True love is overwhelming. Our lives depend on it and it often seems like our planet would stop spinning if love didn’t exist. Love is something we strive for and something we mourn the loss of. A lovesick panda once said that “if you’re never been hurt, you’re either very lucky, or very lonely”.

We understand the poetry of the heart, but over the courses of our lives we tend to demystify this precious feeling more and more. We learn about biological processes that cause specific reactions; we learn about cultural influences on how we behave and think about love; we learn about the psychological and physiological processes that make us fall for someone.

And as soon as we think there’s no more place for romance in a world explained by science, we fall in love, or simply look into the eyes of our beloved, and all of that knowledge is pushed to the back of our minds. In the end, the feeling itself is what matters most.

Let us present you with 20 interesting facts and theories about love that will explain much about this all-absorbing phenomenon without dispelling its romance and poetry.

1. Monogamous Relationships Exist Throughout The Animal Kingdom

2. It only takes up to 4 minutes to decide whether you like someone or not

3. When Two Lovers Gaze At Each Others’ Eyes, Their Heart Rates Synchronize

4. Falling In Love Has Neurological Effects Similar To Those Of Cocaine

5. Cuddling Releases Natural Painkillers

6. Even Looking At A Picture Of A Loved one Relieves The Pain

7. People At The Same Level Of Attractiveness Are More Likely To End Up Together

8. Couples Who Are Too Similar To Each Other Are not Likely To Last

9. Heartbreak Is Not Just A Metaphor

10. Romantic Love Eventually Ends…Only To Be Followed By Committed Love

11. People Who Are In Love Have Chemical Similarities With People With OCD

12. Thinking Of Love And Sex Influences Creativity And Concrete Thinking, Respectively

13. Attachment + Caring + Intimacy = Perfect Love

14. An Attractive Face Is Preferred Over An Attractive Body For Long-Term Relationships

15. Holding A Loved one’s Hand Relieves Pain And Stress

16. Expressing Gratitude Towards People You Love Causes An Immediate Spike In Your Happiness

17. Butterflies In The Stomach Are Real And They’re Actually Caused by Adrenaline

18. Dilated Pupils Show Your Attraction To Someone And Makes You More Attractive

19. Looking Into Each Others’ Eyes Can Make Strangers Fall In Love

20. Love Is Really All That Matters