The Feelings of Falling in LoveWhat is love? Is it an attraction? Is it intimacy? Is it attachment? Love, in fact, is all of these things combined. "Love is spiritual, not physical. It's a union of souls, hearts and minds, it's not something you can't put under your microscope and understand!" Love is an emotion combined with a series of feelings. These feelings can be extremely powerful and wonderful. Romantic love is defined as an intense emotional state that one person experiences in relation to another. These types of feelings seem to be among the most intense of which most of us are capable and, at least in some cases, increase rather than decrease over time. Falling in love can be one of the most inexplicable feelings a person can endure. Two types of feelings are the basis of modern romantic relationships. The first is attraction. Attraction is the excitement you feel when you fall in love. To explain this feeling better, attraction is what you feel when you meet someone new who really turns you on and you start to feel excited when you think about that person. Although this seems very sexual, this feeling is only the first of what will most likely become sexual passion. When you're in this first state of attraction, your body feels different - bouncier, more energetic, and needing less food and sleep. In this state of attraction, we feel very happy and different every time we are with this person. Often, the presence (or sometimes just the thought) of your loved one can trigger specific physiological reactions. These physiological reactions include: erections for men, dampness for women, a lump in the throat, sweaty palms, weak knees, cold feet, racing heart. dizziness and butterflies in the stomach. These physiological reactions are completely normal when you fall in love. The second type of feeling we experience when falling in love is attachment. Attachment is a special bond or connection between people who are attracted to each other. Attachment helps keep people together and has more to do with a feeling of security than a feeling of excitement. Romantic love requires attraction and attachment. A person can be very strongly attracted to another person without ever becoming attached to them. Without some sense of attachment, attraction is not specific. Once you start falling in love with someone, this process becomes more and more important and you start to feel more attached to that person. In this state of attachment, each person would feel as if they were one person. A special bond is shared and a feeling of