All you think about is him or her. Producing more dopamine, you feel little need for food or other basic necessities while floating through each day on a cloud of hope.
You may abandon your work or your responsibilities. Your thoughts and actions become devoted to your love interest.
You project your idea of the perfect one onto them and you overlook their weaknesses or flaws.
You care more about how you dress or look. You may start thinking of the small things that you can do to make yourself look better for them.
You begin thinking about the future with this person. Your imagination creates vivid scenarios of romantic getaways, cozy chats, exciting adventures, and feel-good moments.
You always want to communicate with them and when they don't communicate back, you start to worry.
You begin to wonder where this person has been all your life, and why the two of you never found each other sooner.
You hate it when other people talk to them and you hate it when other people spend time with them. You miss them when they are not around.
You don't really mind their bad habits, but in fact find them attractive.
You secretly tell your friends about them and become excited for your friends or family to meet them.
You find yourself standing up for them when others are against them. You try to become useful to them and help them where ever possible.