- [Instructor] Hey, Psych2Goers.
Welcome back to our channel.
So you're looking for the one, are you?
Or perhaps you're thinking you've already found them.
How do you know?
Well, there are some things that can change in our lives
when we're truly in love with someone romantically.
Our thoughts, actions and brain's chemical reactions
can all change with love,
especially when we've found the one.
So here are a few things
that may happen when you've found the one.
Number one, your brain changes when you love them.
Do you get an unexplainable euphoric surge
of happiness when you think of someone?
This particular someone who you think might be the one.
Wonder why.
A 2007 study from researchers at Stony Brook University
found that your biochemical reactions
in your brain can change in a particular way
when you're thinking of someone you truly love.
Your happiness is likely explained
by the boost in dopamine.
And your reward system
is getting all this great attention too.
So try thinking of the one.
As in the one you may be thinking could be the one.
Just think of someone.
Feeling euphoric, happy, overindulging in these thoughts?
This could be a sign of real attachment.
Or you could just have an extremely strong crush.
Ask them out or take it easy, my friend.
Number two, you can't wait for your family
to meet them.
Do you imagine your family and friends meeting them?
Do you get excited by the thought of it?
If you're really serious about someone,
then you'll likely want the ones
you already love in your life
to meet your partner, even if you're not partners yet.
You might wanna bring along your family member
or friends to an event to catch a glimpse of this person.
Casual relationships don't often involve
a formal introduction to family members,
so if both of you have expressed interest
in meeting each other's family,
this is a good sign your relationship
is not only getting serious
but if they have even more of these signs,
they could just be the one.
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Number three, you feel in sync
and harmonious with them.
Do you feel in sync with your partner?
Simply harmonious and connected?
Life coach, Olga Levancuka,
explained in an article from FashionBeans
that scientists have found that some couples
are so in tune that their brains begin
to work in sync.
That means they've reached a state
in which their nervous systems
are ticking over in harmony,
helping them to read each other's thoughts and emotions.
Ask yourself, do my partner
and I simply get each other?
Are we more spiritually and emotionally connected
than our past relationships?
This could be because they're the one.
Number four, you're comfortable
and don't wanna control your feelings
or words with them.
Something else that happens
when you found the one,
after you've known them for a while,
you lower your defenses
and are simply comfortable with them.
You don't alter your words,
worrying about what to say or do.
You're simply you.
Unapologetically and with ease.
If they're the same, even more of a good sign.
Number five, you find their unfunny jokes funny.
Has this person you're thinking of ever told
an extremely unfunny joke
but you laughed like a drunk hyena at a comedy club?
Then you may have just found the one.
Or you really, really like them
because how funny could a joke
about a chicken crossing the road be?
It's a classic yeah, but you get my point.
Keep noticing later
that you're the only one laughing at their jokes
while they simply smile on?
Yeah, they may just be your special someone.
And number six,.
It's no longer just I.
Your life plans and dreams include them too.
Have you gone from saying I to we more often
when talking about your future?
Social psychologist Theresa E. DiDonato
explains in her article from Psychology Today
that people who are close use plural words
like we more frequently
in conversation than singular pronouns like I or me.
The kinds of feelings that suggest love
are likely accompanied by a tendency
to use plural pronouns.
So you notice you've been using plural words more often,
especially when talking about interests, dreams, goals.
Has your life plan also changed
because of this person?
Do your dreams for the future include them?
This is yet another thing that is likely to happen
when you've found your one and only.
Have you found the one for you yet?
Do you think you've met the one recently?
Or maybe you think it's your partner.
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