Falling in love is exciting. The whole world is a more beautiful place because of our newfound lovers. Obstacles seem to vanish. Colors seem brighter. Love hold so much space not only in our lives, but in our psychology, in our biology, and in our history.
Herein, we’ve gathered some scientific and psychological facts about love that will make you grateful for this blurry, ardent and warm emotion, despite how overwhelming it can be at times.
1. World Longest Marriage Lasted for 86 Years
Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher broke The Guinness World Record for the longest marriage. They were married on May 13, 1924. In 2008, they earned the record for longest marriage at 84 years. In 2011, Herbert passed away at 105, and a few years later in 2013, Zelmyra followed at 105 years old as well.
The next time one of your friends tries to tell you that true love doesn’t exist, just tell them to look up Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher. As for the secret to their success, the couple once said that “there’s no secret to our marriage—we just did what was needed for each other and our family.”
2. Ladies in Red
For reasons that are not yet clear, studies consistently show that when the same woman wears red versus a different color, men are more inclined to engage her in deeper conversations. This is true even when the clothing styles are otherwise identical.
3. Falling in Love is as Addicting as Cocaine or Nicotine.
Dopamine, a chemical that is released during the initial attraction stage of the relationship is also activated when using cocaine and nicotine. That feeling of euphoria drug users experience is same as what you get when you fall in love. Dopamine gives you that rush of pleasure and happiness that makes those drugs so addicting. It also enhances the release of testosterone, which as stated above is essential for attraction. I suppose falling in love would be the safer drug of choice if you had to choose between the three.
4. The Heart Symbol Initially Represent Foliage
The heart symbol was first used to denote love in the 1250. Prior to that, it represented foliage.
5. Love can Make you Sick
Although it hasn’t been proven that love makes you physically sick, it does raise levels of cortisol, Cortisol is a stress hormone that has been shown to suppress immune function, making you more likely to get sick. If you’ve ever heard someone say they’re lovesick, they may have been onto something.
6. Love can be a Pain / Stress Reliever
Though love isn’t going to be replacing modern or herbal medicine any time soon, it could come in handy if you ever find yourself in some serious pain. Feeling stressed? Hug it out with the person you love. Study conducted shows that seeing the image of your loved ones reduced the level of pain you felt.
Personally, I can attest to this because during delivery, holding the hand of my husband and seeing his face make the journey so smooth and relive me of pains experience during labour. A friend told me during her dental extraction, holding the picture of her lover boy relive her of pain. Perhaps you should have a picture of someone you love on next time you need a stress reliever.
7. Sex and Love Influent Us Differently
Research has shown that thinking of love influences creativity and abstract thoughts, as well as long-term planning. Thinking of sex however influences immediate decision making and attention to momentary details.
8. Cuddling is Good For You
Oxytocin is often referred to as the “love hormone.” or the “cuddling hormone”.
There’s a reason that you love those sacred snuggle sessions so much it is because every time you and your partner cuddle, it triggers the release of happiness hormone oxytocin to increase your mood and wellbeing.
9. Love is Adventurous
Studies show that if a woman meets a man in a dangerous situation (and vice versa), such as securing from kidnappers or on a trembling bridge, she is more likely to fall in love with him than if she met him in a mundane settings, such as in a conference room.
10. When it Comes to Love and Relationships, Honesty is the best policy.
Honestly, being honest in life is the best policy. Specifically, while falling in love honesty and openness is an antidote to being vulnerable and anxious. I found out that the more honest couples are with one another about how their relationship is going, the more likely they are to last long-term.
11. Being in Love can Reduce Appetite
When someone is in the attraction phase of love, high levels of dopamine and norepinephrine are released. Dopamine is known as one of the happiness hormones, and these chemicals can make people feel giddy and even euphoric. This reaction can also lead to decreased appetite and insomnia, which means you can actually be so “in love” that you can’t eat or sleep well.
12. Loving from a Distance can Actually Strengthen Relationship
Loving my husband for more than 1 decade despite spending most of our time separately really strengthen our relationship. People have different opinions about distance, one of my boss told me we don’t really know each other because we don’t see each other often and I bluntly told her the only person I can predict is my husband. People might try to tell you that long distance relationships can’t and won’t work, but am categorically telling you otherwise. In fact, according to one study published in the Journal of Communication not only are long distance relationships just as successful as regular ones, but they are also more effective in building trust and satisfaction between partners.
13. Appreciation can Improve Love
Everyone wants to be cared for and appreciated. Couples who took the time to express gratitude for their partner not only felt more positive toward the other person but also felt more comfortable expressing concerns about their relationship.
14. Love is 3 Feelings in 1
Their are tangible reasons why love is so complicated and indescribable amongst them is actually the attribute of having 3 feelings in one. Romantic love can actually be broken down into three sensations: lust, attraction and attachment. And each feeling is characterized by its own set of hormones stemming from the brain.
15. Love Portions are Made from Human Sweat
Historically, human sweat has been used to make love-attracting perfumes, and even love-potions. Though sweat contains pheromones that are key ingredients in attraction, the efficacy of sweat in perfumes and potions is questionable at best.
16. Loves Can Changes You
If you find yourself watching thrillers when you used to only prefer romantic movies or if you suddenly love Nigerian Streets food when you didn’t before, you might want to credit your partner. Online survey conducted among lovers shows that people in love often have different interests and personality traits after entering into their respective relationships.
17. Your Body has a Vein of Love
Engagement rings are often worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because the ancient Greeks maintained that that finger contains the vena amoris, or the “vein of love,” that runs straight to the heart.
18. Love Needs to be “Blind” for Survival.
It does not seem to matter what others say to a new lover—he or she is always perfect in our eyes. This blindness is critical for us to move forward in our relationship and is usually required to move onto the “attachment stage”.
19. Butterflies are Real
The expression of having butterflies in your stomach is a real feeling that is caused by an adrenaline rush. When and if you fall for someone, it will probably be hard to avoid the feeling of butterflies dancing and fluttering around in your stomach. This happens as a body’s response to a fight-or-flight situation.
20. Romantic Love and the Love Between a Mother and Child Share a Similar Chemical Connection.
The hormone oxytocin is released during child birth and when a child nurses as well as during orgasm. Oxytocin is thought to help long-term bonding.
21. Eye Contact is Key
Some extraordinary research has found that couples who are in love and bond in a romantic relationship synchronize their heart rates after gazing into each others’ eyes for three minutes.
22. It Makes you do Crazy Things
It Makes you do Crazy Things
Countless of crazy things hubby have done all in the name of love still amazes me the scariest amongst others was travelling from his school to my school late at night to see his lover girl ( Me). People go extra mile like escape from jail to spend time with the person you love. Or at least, that’s exactly what happened in Miracle in Cell 7.
23. Some People can’t Feel Love and some Fear Falling in Love
Some individuals who claim never to have felt romantic love suffer from hypopituitarism, a rare disease that doesn’t allow a person to feel the rapture of love. Don’t blame anyone for not falling in love.
Philophobia is the fear of falling in love.
24. Women Like Testosterone
Women prefer distinctive cheekbones and a strong jawbone, which are linked to testosterone levels. Women around the world are more likely to fall in love with partners with a sense of humor, education,status, ambition, wealth, respect, and who are taller than they are.
25. Opposites Don’t Attractive
There is a pattern in how people chose their mates or romantic relationships. Individuals who appear similar and at the same level of attractiveness are more likely to end up together than people who look significantly different.
26. Love is Everything
Love is really all that matters. Shower enough love for yourself and be lovable enough for others to love uiu. Lifelong experiences revealed that happiness and life fulfillment revolved around love or simply searching for love.
The facts of love listed above make me realise that it is worth suffering through those melancholy moments just to reap the benefits that love has to offer.
I’d love to hear those facts you knew about love. Please share your thoughts and love facts in the comment section below.
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