Shouldn’t we bother you with TV novels?! Think again. In fact, it is one of the most primal human desires possible at that. Of course, such an instant crush does not necessarily lead to a serious relationship with long-term understanding and warm feelings, but the “burst” of passionate feelings for someone is quite possible. It only takes a fifth of a second to fall in love, a time when the brain releases love-related compounds in the brain. Undoubtedly, passion acts like a drug, provoking the same euphoric sensations, a scientific study in 2010 proved it. So, if you need a mood lift, choose love over cocaine. When you are in love, your brain releases more dopamine, norepinephrine. They are responsible for the state of euphoria, not serotonin, which, on the contrary, is lower than usual. Due to dopamine and norepinephrine, the person in love tends to carry on conversations all night without feeling the need to blink, becomes detailed in every detail – the red rose must be served with a gold ribbon! – he has desires to fly a hang glider and he fulfills them. NEWS_MORE_BOX In addition, love raises the adrenaline – perhaps that is why tempers are characteristic of lovers, but more importantly, because of this, the heart beats more violently and the knees soften at the sight of the object of passion. Fun, right?!