Three Stages of Love

Three Stages of Love

Love is like a magnet that attracts happiness, it’s a feeling that beckons you, makes your heart grow fonder and you enjoy the magic of living with your partner. Love wins one and all. It transcends across geographical boundaries. When your heart goes racing, and your hands are clammy, then you are in love. These are some of the outer signs if one falls in love. But there are great chemical changes that take place when the neurons of the brain cells receive signals that you are in love. Falling in Love involves three stages. Initially it is the LUST that attracts individuals; then comes the stage of romance or ATTRACTION, and finally it is the unconditional bond and ATTACHMENT that produces the ultimate vibes for living and loving. To enjoy the love life, understand the biochemistry of your body when you pass through different phases of it.

The first spark: It is the first sight and your heart goes thumping, your face turns red, and you feel a different sensation as the chemicals testosterone and estrogens runs in your body. It is the feeling of Lust. It ignites the chemical reactions in the body setting the stage for further development. In this stage you are immersed in intense pleasure. The feeling of exhilaration sets in and your brain cells are soaked with endorphins. You are simply infatuated at this stage about your perfect lover and you experience a high feeling.

The fatal Attraction: It is in this stage that you become love-sick. It creates lot of uneasy feeling within. You tend to lose sleep, appetite and seem to spend most of the time day-dreaming about your lover. It is at this stage that a group of neurotransmitters called monoamines play a crucial role. Adrenalin rushes in your body, makes your heart beat play drum. It is in this love stage, dopamine, nor epinephrine and serotonin runs in excess within your body, and a power struggle sets in to mould your lover into your ideal dream partner. This stage is sometimes known as love-struck phase. You can also clearly distinguish between two types of attraction. Physical attraction get reflected as outer body signs such as increased heart beat, rise in temperature, flushed out cheeks, sweat in the palms and many more. You feel like a magnet getting attracted towards your partner. Emotional attraction often develops if circumstances become conducive. You can then exchange various communications on health, hobbies and desires. It is this attraction that makes you and your partner inseparable and sets your love life for the next stage.

The forever Attachment: It is this stage that your love blooms and you can really experience the beauty of being in love. Your attraction to remain with your partner today, tomorrow and ever after sets in during this phase of your love life. The passion to be with your lover cannot be ignored during this stage. The chemical secretion that takes place during this phase gives the body the signal of getting into a commitment of life. Oxytocin and vasopressin secretion in the body creates the bond stronger. It is the stage of unconditional acceptance. During this stage you decide on to live with your partner knowing the entire positive as well as the negative traits. It is at this stage of your love life that you grow matured and you tend to readjust your levels of expectations. Your vow to remain true to your mate at all times-is the essence of being together in good health and spirits.

As you travel through the journey of your life with several unprecedented twists and turns, ups and downs, it is only but love that you share and the care that you show that will ultimately give you the feeling of bliss and happiness with your soul mate.

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