In romantic relationships, falling in love is mainly a Western concept of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards a person to one of love. The term is generally used to describe an (eventual) love that is strong. Terminology The use of the term fall implies that the process is in some way uncontrollable, risky, irreversible, and that it puts the lover in a state of vulnerability, in the same way the word fall is used in the phrase to fall ill or to fall into a trap. Factors Factors known to contribute strongly to falling in love include proximity, similarity, reciprocity, and physical attractiveness.[1] There is also a claim that when we fall in love we fall into narcissistic identification.[2] Two symptoms that occur when falling in love are increases in oxytocin and vasopressin. Family therapists maintain that the reason were attracted to someone at this very deep level is that basically they are like us – in a psychological sense.[3] Others suggest that the very act of falling in love sets in motion old patterns of how we love...Falling in love returns us to emotions of infancy and childhood.
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