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6 Unconscious Things You Do When You're In Love Without Knowing It

Channel: Psych2Go
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypIpErfrwmw

Six subtle, often subconscious behaviors the channel says signal you are in love.

Key points

  • Noticing their needs: you do small acts of service automatically, shifting focus from your own needs to your partner's (example: making double breakfast).
  • Making sacrifices: mirror neurons are more active in love, so you compromise and sacrifice more readily, from small (a restaurant you dislike) to large (moving across the country).
  • Saying "we" not "me": you unconsciously use team-oriented language about the future, using "I"/"me" less often.
  • Idealization: you focus on your partner's positive qualities and put them on a pedestal; the video cites a study where participants rated their partners even more positively than themselves.
  • Subtle touches: touch (handholding, sitting close enough to touch) is called the most reliable body-language sign of love.
  • Open body language: relaxed posture, chest/heart turned toward the person, palms facing upward.

Claims are the channel's assertions; the "study" on idealization is referenced without a citation.