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Love is a beautiful feeling, and there are several stages of love. Love is also not just one type – it can be seen and experienced in various relationships and forms. <\/span><\/p>\n Wherever we go, we realize that this feeling may be indispensable for humans, and they tend to <\/span>find love<\/span><\/a>, and fall in love with people, things, and places. <\/span><\/p>\n However, when we hear or read the word ‘love,’ we most often associate it with romance – love between lovers, affection between a couple. <\/span><\/p>\n Dr. John Gottman, a famous psychologist who has studied the dynamics of marriage, wrote a book entitled <\/span>Principia Amoris: The New Science of Love <\/span><\/a>in which he explained that there are different stages of love. <\/span><\/p>\n These love stages of a romantic relationship do not only involve falling in love “at first sight” but falling many times through the various stages of love. <\/span><\/p>\n While falling in love is very subjective, there may be 5 stages of love that couples go through in the process of falling head over heels in love with each other. Over time, the love that two people have for each other changes, and stages of a relationship progress from one to the next. <\/span><\/p>\n While <\/span>falling in love<\/span><\/a> may seem very instant to you, others may find themselves asking if and what are the stages of love. Maybe you have never thought about it, but there are various steps of love a couple goes through before they are completely one with each other.<\/span><\/p>\n In one of the first stages of love, we are introduced to the term or stage of limerence. We might think that stages of love for men and women may differ, but while they may have different ways to <\/span>express their feelings<\/span><\/a>, the stages of relationships mostly remain the same.<\/span><\/p>\n Dorothy Tennov<\/span><\/a> first coined limerence in 1979. This term is defined as the state of mind in which a person is in love which is manifested in the following physical symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n A flushed face, increased heart rate, shortness of breath, and psychological signs, which are: obsessive thoughts and fantasies, excitement to form a bond with the beloved, sexual desires, and also, fears of rejection.<\/span><\/p>\n Apart from these psychological\/emotional and physical manifestations, our bodies work even to the chemical\/molecular level when we are the first of the five stages of relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n Falling in <\/span>love also constitutes hormones<\/span><\/a> and pheromones that make us all the more attracted to our soon-to-be-partner. It is one of the signs of the first of the relationship stages.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the <\/span>Alchemy of Love and Lust<\/span><\/a> by Dr. Theresa Crenshaw, among the most important hormones that play a part in this first of the three phases of relationships are the following:<\/span><\/p>\n Phenylethylamine (PEA), or the “molecule of love,” is a form of amphetamine (yes, the drug), which is naturally formed in our bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n Oxytocin, more popularly known as the “cuddle hormone,” is what makes us get closer to our beloved. When we are close, our bodies will produce more of it. Thereby making us get even closer.<\/span><\/p>\n These factors of this infatuation stage of love make us blind to any red flags. This is one of the first different levels of love. It gives us a blind sense of confidence towards loving this person we are attracted to. <\/span><\/p>\n These red flags are then eventually faced during the second stage of love which is, building trust.<\/span><\/p>\n To understand more about the signs of falling in love, watch this video<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nRelated Reading: <\/i><\/b>What Is Love?<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/pre>\n
What are the 5 stages of love?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nStage 1: Falling in love or limerence<\/b><\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nRelated Reading: <\/i><\/b>Signs You're Falling in Love<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/pre>\n