What most often comes to mind when people talk about a slight feeling of love? That's right, "butterflies in the stomach flutter." But why butterflies and why precisely in the stomach?
What does the expression "butterflies in the stomach" mean?
Russian language is rich in various expressions, the meaning of which is often difficult to understand. The same with the expression "butterflies in the belly flutter." However, those who have ever experienced a sweet feeling of love, excitement, or fear will easily tell you what it is.
Do butterflies actually live in the stomach? Of course not. Have you ever felt a slight tingling in the lower abdomen, excitement and sweet anticipation of meeting with a dear person?
Perhaps, then you yourself, perforce, felt these butterflies. This is a wonderful feeling, which is often attributed to young couples. Perhaps this feeling will arise before you recognize as your partner. This is the feeling of a butterfly, which feverishly soars in the stomach, slightly touching you with its wings.
Most often, these feelings cover a person in moments of love, before a date. And, as many say, it passes with age, alas and oh. Feelings grow dull, and love no longer seems something unusual.
"Butterflies in the stomach" - is it love or love?
This light feeling is almost always a companion of the first love. However, is it a sign of real, strong love? More likely no than yes.
What is love"?
One cannot say that "love" and "love" are diametrically opposed things. Appearance, exactly what makes us often fall in love with a person, is the first impetus, the impulse to communicate in principle.
However, love is a joint life with a person, when you know about his minuses and advantages, but you still endure them. And not for the stunning figure or pretty face, but for the feeling of comfort, security and comfort that he gives in response.
And "love"?
Love seldom lasts more than a few months. At this time, partners are striving to hit each other, to prove that it is he who is the most cherished second half. The freshness of sensations creates an idealized image in the mind without drawbacks and flaws.
However, there is no ideal on Earth, and when the rose-colored glasses have to be removed, you will either have to accept shortcomings and already love the person of the present, or stop communicating. Love and butterflies pass, leaving behind a fullness of love or the emptiness of loneliness.
Where do butterflies in the stomach come from?
And now let's go down from romantic heavens to earth and consider the process from a physiological point of view:
- Love as a fairly strong emotion causes stress in our body;
- That, reacting to a tense situation, begins to rebuild;
- The level of cortisol and adrenaline rises;
- Because of this, blood pressure rises;
- There is an outflow of blood from the abdominal cavity;
- This causes a feeling of lightness, sometimes accompanied by a slight nausea.
Thus, love, as you can see, stands on the same level with fear, a small race and other stressful situations.
Yes, and "butterfly" may appear even when you ride on the rides.
And in conclusion - a video with answers to 10 interesting questions, including, and that such butterflies in the stomach.
