Love at first sight is often compared to a lightning strike. The feelings are so strong that they cannot last long - they absorb a person, overshadow the mind, displace all other moods and emotions. Under favorable conditions, they develop into calmer relationships - sympathy, affection, friendship, deep love. People believe in what they want to believe. Romantic, dreamy natures will always answer the question whether there is love at first sight in the affirmative. Pragmatists and skeptics will not agree with them. Paradoxically, both are right. For some, falling in love in a minute is a common thing. For others, to experience a deep love feeling requires a long-term relationship, repeated confirmation of the right choice of partner. Psychology of feelings Psychology puts the need for love in the third place after physiological needs (food, water, rest) and the desire for security (stability of the surrounding world and order in it). When a person says that this love happened at first sight, perhaps he dreamed of a strong passion and vivid impressions. When you wait for miracles for a long time, they happen - they originate in the subconscious and at the slightest hint of confirmation in the world around us become real for us. In such circumstances, a small spark - a chance meeting of eyes or an eloquent gesture of a new acquaintance - is enough for a girl to fall in love at first sight. Women with a lot of life experience in this matter are more complicated. They have a more balanced and rational look at the events taking place. Objectivity of assessments is associated with similar situations that occurred in the past. This does not mean that an adult, experienced woman is not capable of love at 1st sight.
Usually the probability of a happy event decreases with the increase in the amount of accumulated life experience. A separate story is the romantic experiences of a man. A man can fall in love at first sight, but whether he will publicly express emotions depends on the character and type of temperament. Seeing a person for the first time, it is impossible to objectively assess all aspects of his personality. The first impression may be inspired by stereotypes and not correspond to reality. It is possible to experience love from the first minute of acquaintance, but it is based on personal perception of appearance, manners, behavior of a new acquaintance. Processing of information received from outside occurs in the associative areas of the cortical structures of the brain. If the visual appearance of the object coincides with the existing subconscious and positive images of potential partners stored in the memory, a person intuitively feels interest and attraction.
The image of an ideal personality, generated by consciousness, is decisive when choosing a suitable partner. People who are unable to adapt the ideal to the real conditions and circumstances of life are doomed to loneliness. Ideal people do not meet. Everyone has flaws. The ability to put up with them and loyally perceive unpleasant character traits of others is called sociability - the ability to openly and productively interact with other members of society.