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How does love affect a person?
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Love is a mysterious bright feeling that has a beneficial effect on the human body. Researchers have long discovered that people in love practically do not experience emotional stress, and they also recover from illnesses and restore their strength faster. It has been confirmed that the immune system is strengthened as a result of mutual love, which is why lovers suffer from colds less often.
Research conducted by American scientists has found that the effect of love on the brain is similar to the effect of drugs. They have found that if lovers look at a picture of the object of their passion, their brain begins to overflow with a hormone that is responsible for pleasure. Due to closer contact, a hormone is synthesized that produces a psychological connection between two people in love.
Physical touches have a very high energy, which can be characterized as the strongest manifestation of romantic emotions. Because of them, the emotional and physical state of a person completely changes, and his soul and body recover. Simple physical touches, such as hugs, help to reduce the level of stress hormones in the blood, normalize blood pressure, and reduce sensitivity to pain.
In addition, wanting to make the relationship longer and stronger, a person in love at the subconscious level wants to maintain a figure, lead a healthy lifestyle and strive for absolute perfection. Such a feeling as love can bring people an influx of energy and strength.
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