How the body changes when you fall in love

Emotional sadness causes heart rate to drop, hormone levels change, immune system weakens, sleep disturbance and hair falls more than usual.

Unemployment not only affects emotions but also directly changes your body and health, the Huffington Post reported. First, right after the breakup, your heart rate may drop, according to a study in Psychological Science.

Your heart rate may drop after saying goodbye.(Illustrative illustrations: David Wyffels).

By the time the shock was mild, negative emotions came. You ask yourself questions like what you did wrong, whether you have loneliness to the end of your life . Stress affects the nervous system, increases cortisol levels and the risk of inflammation. Sleep, digestion, immune system are affected. You stay up all night, eat poorly and easily flu. In a few cases, stress literally "breaks the heart" . The work of the New England Journal of Medicine found negative emotions leading to serious heart damage in some patients without coronary heart disease.

Next, your body aches due to the emotional loss of the brain area with the physical pain, said Current Directions in Psychological Science. In addition, thinking skills, self-control are reduced, making you no longer lucid but become impulsive.

If you revisit the image or visit the social page of your old love affair, the brain will increase its activity, indicating that you are still attracted to that person. However, the brain helps you by controlling, modifying behavior (stopping watching your ex) and thinking about the future (knowing you will be fine). Gradually, you are more open and proactive in seeking social relationships due to increased progesterone levels, promoting feelings of loneliness.

A few months later, despite the traumatic experience, you find that your hair falls out a lot. Stress and negative emotions make hair follicles switch to rest mode instead of growth. Don't worry, because they will grow back.