10 Facts About Love

1. Your heart rate synchronizes

When you make eye contact with some you are romantically attracted to, your heart can synchronize with theirs in complex patterns during various interactions.

2. You can fall in love in 4 minutes

It only takes four minutes to make the first impressions and research suggests it is possible to fall in love during this time.

3. Love is like a drug

The chemical reactions in the brain to the feelings of love are similar to those of certain drug use like euphoria, accelerated heart rate, anxiety, depression and more.

4. Cuddling can relieve physical pain

The release of oxytocin from cuddling can help block some pain signals in the brain

5. Butterflies are real

The sensation is caused by an adrenaline rush throughout your body often felt in the gut, and referred to as “butterflies in my stomach”

6. More positive outlook on life

Experiencing love on a daily basis has proven to be beneficial with optimism, motivation, and inspiration.

7. You can die from a broken heart

Takotsubo Cardiopathy is a stress induced heart attack that occurs around the time of losing loved one.

8. The brain controls the heart in love.

Specific areas of the brain identify indications of love which leads to changes in the heart such as a rapid heartbeat.

9. Love can make you sick

True love leads to a release of cortisol which can lower your immune system response, often times this occurs once love is realized or newly discovered.

10. The longest marriage lasted 86 years and 290 days

Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher broke the Guinness world record for the longest marriage in history back in February 2011.