Every time you fall in love, a lot of mechanisms go into motion in your body. All of them are activated, yes, from the brain, so it could be said that love is, in reality, a matter more of the mind than of the heart .
The body in love releases chemicals responsible for the typical symptoms of a crush, and also causing those feelings of euphoria and happiness that invade us. The most important are dopamine, adrenaline, and norepinephrine . Dopamine increases our sexual desire and also increases our ability to concentrate and makes us feel euphoric, just like norepinephrine, which is also responsible for stopping our hunger.
Do you think about your beloved at all times? Blame it, back to chemistry. That obsession is due to lower serotonin levels . In addition, love produces addictive feelings similar to those of drugs, and this claim has a very strong neurochemical foundation.
As if that were not enough, scientists have discovered that love is capable of changing our brain: a study published in the journal Frontiers of Human Neurosicence showed that at least ten areas of it change their activity when we fall in love. Specifically, the regions related to motivation, reward and emotional skills are stimulated.
In short, it seems that love affects our body very positively, as long as we do not go to the extreme of turning it into an addiction!
