Anatomy of Love: 25 Proven Signs You're In Love

When you are falling in love with someone, you may end up being confused about your feelings. Here are 25 proven sings that you are in love.

By Gerald Matiri
Anatomy of Love: 25 Proven Signs You're In Love

What is love?

There is no better feeling than falling in love. When you fall in love with someone, everything tends to feel new. You may not be sure whether those feelings mean you are in love. All you can do is to wait and see who will be the first to say that they are in love with you. The good thing is that the moment you are in love, you will hardly remember how you ever lived without that person. However, you may also be confused about your feelings. If you are still wondering whether you are in love with that person, here are 25 signs that you need to watch out for.

1. You are addicted to them

One of the main effects of true love is that it causes change to the way the brain works. During the early stages of a relationship, people are filled with euphoria due to the increase in the activity in the area of the brain that is rick on dopamine. This is the area that is usually linked to the reward system as well as pursuing reward. Activity can also be noted in the anterior cingulate area of the brain. This is the part that is usually associated with obsessive thinking. When the relationship turns into a long-term one, the reward centers are activated when you think about your loved one.

2. Sign of love-marshaling support

When you are dating someone, you are likely to marshal support for them. This is an indication that the social circle of a person will play a key role in the success of a relationship. When you find yourself wondering what your potential family and friends will think of your partner, it is an indication that you are falling in love with the person. At times, you will have to restrain yourself from speaking about them all the time with your friends. You only hold back because you respect your friends and their sanity.

3. You are happy when the person triumphs

After falling in love with someone, you will want to see them excel in whatever they purpose to do. This is due to the fact that you will in one way or the other be connected to the person you are in love with. People who are romantically involved will have positive emotions and feel proud of their partners when they triumph. This applies even when it involves something that yourself can’t do.

4. Selflessness is a sign of love

One quality of true love is that it is selfless. You might always think that you are the most important person. But the moment you fall in love with someone, you will start taking their needs to be more important than your needs. That is how love is. You will always find your needs to be less important as compared to those of your love. When you fall in love with someone, you can do anything that they need for them. The good thing is that true love doesn’t have any limits.

5. You are free to express your feelings

The moment you fall in love with someone, you will never be afraid of telling the whole world how you feel about them. You will want everybody to know. You will never be able to hold back on telling people how you feel about that person.

6. You love their imperfections

You definitely love that person a lot even though the person has some imperfections but, you don’t consider these to be imperfections; they are unique qualities that you love them about. When you love someone, you should be able to know them and accept them the way they are. When you are truly in love with someone, you also focus on the trivial objects and events that remind you of that person. You spend a lot of your time day dreaming about those precious mementos and the little moments.

7. You see a future with your love

When you are truly in love with someone, you will start seeing a future with them. You will begin thinking of building a future with that person. You will not fall for the short-term temptations that many end up messing your long-term goals. You will begin talking about the things that you will be doing in future with the person without even realizing it

8. You change into a better person

We all have some imperfections. However, there is always room for improvement. When you are in love with someone, you try to work on these imperfections. Your goal is to become the best to improve yourself and be a better version for your love. You take on new characteristics and traits. It could be that you feel the difference or it is other people who notice it.

9. You love them unconditionally

True love demands that you love that person without any conditions. But when you like someone, your feelings will change depending on their current conditions.

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10. You like them

There is a difference between falling in love with someone and liking them. However, it is not possible to love someone if you don’t like them. Before a couple fall in love with one another, there must be a reciprocal liking. Also analyzing the personality of the other person is also a precursor to love.

11. You miss your love

Missing a person is an indication that you are in love with them. It shows that your lives have become interdependent. Studies show that how much people miss one another will usually correspond with how they are committed to the relationship. When you tell the person that you miss them, it is because you actually do even when you have been apart for only a single day.

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12. You are jealous

There is a level of jealousy that is healthy and not toxic. This is because jealousy can help your relationship to remain intact. When people are jealousy, they remain committed to a relationship. However, it is important to avoid taking jealousy to the extreme. Avoid suspicious jealousy where you take secretive actions like checking the cellphone of your partner without their permission.

13. You forgot about your ex

When things become so good in matters of love, you will never think about your ex. You will no longer be bothered by what happened in the past.

14. You engage in activities that you don’t love

When you are in love with a person, you will not have a problem engaging in an activity that you do not love. As long as you are with the person, even that dreaded mountain climbing will seem okay.

15. Making sacrifices

You don’t have to put off certain responsibilities for the person you love. But when they become sick and require your assistance, you are always there to take care of them.

16. You smile when you think about them

In the midst of your troubles, you are always smiling when you remember that special person. When you are feeling crazy about work and you are finding everything to be rough, you got someone to cheer you up.

17. You can make fun of one another

You are comfortable when around that person to a point where you can make fun of them without feeling weird. During the first day of the relationship, you were always trying to please that person. But now you are not afraid of them seeing you when you wake up in the morning.

18. You don’t mind scaring them off

When you are in love with someone, you can cry in front of them as you are secure that they are not going anywhere.

19. You always forgive them

There are instances when your love will really annoy you. However, when you are truly in love with them, you will always find that you like being around them. You can even say to them that you love them even when you don’t feel like being around them.

20. You don’t mind if they don’t pick calls

During the first days of the relationship, you were really anxious trying to find out if he really loved you. However, this is no longer a concern for you. Once you fall in love with them, you do not mind even when they take time to respond to your text.

21. You want to introduce him to your family

When you are truly in love with someone, you will not mind introducing them to your family. This is because you want to see how they will get along with your close family and friends. If your family receives them well, you will be excited about that.

22. You watch his social media pages

Are you always finding yourself visiting the Facebook or Instagram page of that person? You don’t mind accidentally liking their photo because you have already passed that stage when you are afraid of feeling like a freak to them.

23. Want to make a return trip

Probably you went to a place where you had enough fun. Now you want to return there with the person you love. This is a clear indication that you are in love with that person. You will also want to show him all your favorite activity when you are in love with someone. This is not to mean that you want them to like the activity too; the goal is to make the person know you better.

24. Considering that person to be special

When you are in love with someone, you start seeing them as unique and special. This is combined with the inability to have feelings for anyone else. Scientists believe that this is as a result of the increased levels of dopamine, a chemical that is involved in focus and attention in the brain.

25. Emotional instability

Falling in love is usually associated with psychological and emotional instability. It is good to remember that making your relationship successful will require satisfaction instead of feeling great in the presence of the person. While love is more of passion, emotional comfort and security, there is need for commitment if you will be in a long-term relationship with that person.

Conclusion

You can use the above points to discover whether you are in love with that person. Unfortunately, the love feelings do not last forever. The feelings can transform into a long- lasting relationship or the feelings may just go away. For instance, if it is a long-distance relationship where both parties don’t see one another regularly, the feelings of being in love may last longer than it is necessary.

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