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Have you ever fallen in love?
Mm, sweet love.
Is there anything quite like it?
I think not,
but there are some surprising facts about love
you may not have known before.
Love is a very complicated emotion that can leave us happy,
frustrated, confused, or heartbroken.
There's a lot going on there.
In fact, love is actually three feelings in one
according to scientists.
The three sensations?
Lust, attraction, and attachment.
If you're curious about some interesting things
that love has to offer, here are seven bizarre love facts
that may just shock you. (arrow boings)
Number one, it can be a pain reliever.
While love can cause some pain from heartbreak,
love also has the ability to effectively relieve pain.
Passionate love can act similar to illicit drugs
like cocaine to reduce pain.
In a study conducted
by Stanford University's School of Medicine,
researchers had subjects look at a photo of a loved one
while zapping their hands
with a computer-controlled thermal stimulator.
Researchers discovered that subjects who looked at a photo
of their loved one experienced lower levels of pain.
Number two, love can make you dumb.
You may have heard this before
but there is actually research that favors this.
Research has found that sexual arousal shuts off parts
of the prefrontal cortex of the brain.
This region of the brain is responsible
for critical thinking, rational behavior,
and self-awareness.
So sometimes when you make an embarrassing mistake
in a new exciting relationship,
remember, you're not dumb, just sexually aroused.
Number three, feeling high and feeling in love are similar.
(static buzzing) Whoa, what?
(air whooshes) Turns out a study
from the Kinsey Institute published
in Frontier Psychology found that
your brain in love looks similar to a brain on cocaine.
The researchers say romantic love can be considered
a natural addiction that holds a lot of power.
Those in the early stages (fireworks popping)
of passionate romantic relationships showed symptoms
of substance addictions,
which include euphoria, withdrawal, cravings,
as well as physical and emotional dependence.
Number four, it takes a fifth of a second to fall in love.
That's how fast one can fall in love.
No, seriously.
According to a meta-analysis study published
in the Journal of Sexual Medicine,
it found that falling in love takes not weeks,
days, or seconds,
but a fifth of a second. (clock ticks)
Number five, your heart really can break.
Did you know heartbreak is a real heart syndrome?
That feeling of heartbreak
is actually called takotsubo cardiomyopathy,
otherwise known as broken heart syndrome.
The heart's main pumping chamber weakens
due to severe emotional or physical stress.
These common stressors?
Loss of a loved one,
a serious accident, or a heartbreak.
While broken heart syndrome won't kill you,
you're more likely to have it if you are a female.
Bizarrely enough, this condition is near exclusive to women,
and researchers are still trying to figure out why.
Number six, love makes you less hungry.
You can't eat, (graphic popping)
you can't sleep, and you can't seem to do anything.
You're in love and it's the focus of your life right now,
controlling every thought of yours in these early stages.
Ah, how lovely.
Wait, what?
While an individual in a love phase of attraction
may have a decreased appetite,
they may also start exhibiting symptoms of insomnia.
Why?
High levels of dopamine and norepinephrine are released
in the attraction stages of love.
These are the happy hormones
that make you feel a sense of euphoria.
They leave you giddy with butterflies in your stomach,
and they're the reason for that giant smile on your face.
And number seven, your heartbeats can synchronize.
One study found that those in a deep relationship may have
their hearts synced with their partner's.
According to the study conducted
by the University of California, Davis,
there are physiological signals between couples in love
that can cause synchronizations of their heartbeats.
No wonder a broken heart can hurt so bad.
You're thrown to an entirely different time signature,
and it's not a love song anymore.
So, which love facts were you surprised to hear?
Have any of these bizarre facts been present
in your love life?
Share with us in the comments.
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