Stages of love, and falling in love seem to be very similar, if not the same through all cultures. I found this interesting because the stages seem to be inately in us.
5 stages of love~ Lizette Borreli
Butterflies: "Feeling is found to be marked by intense infatuation and sexual attraction"(1).
Building: When what everyone knows as the honeymoon" phase" fades away. Many people say when they are in this stage they feel like they are on drugs and thing about their significant other instead of sleeping. "Happy Anxiety"
Assimilation: This stage is when couples, start to question, asking if the relationship is right or not, if they can make their lives fit. Also start thinking a lot about their future together, as a couple. "where things become more serious"(1).
Honesty: When the people in the relationship get even more stressed because they are becoming their real self. it is nerve racking, what if they don't like the real me? Am i too comfortable with them?
Stability: "The last stage in a relationship is stability, which increases levels of trust and intimacy"(1). Ocytocin is showed to be released during this stage. Couples become content in this stage, and the quality of the relationship can have either a negative or positive impact on your health.