 Hey Psych2goers and welcome to our channel. Your support helps Psych2go and our goal to spread awareness about mental health and psychology So thank you. Now back to the video. Have you ever fallen in love? 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 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 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 Whoa What Turns out a study from the Kinsey Institute published in frontier psychology found that your brain and 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 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 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 heartbreak While broken heart syndrome won't kill you You're more likely to have it if you're 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 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? Well 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 sink with their partners 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 If you found this video helpful, don't forget to click the like button and share this video with someone who might enjoy it Subscribe to Psych2Go and hit the notification bell icon for more content like this and as always Thanks so much for watching