
It's why a first kiss is so exhilarating, and why it so often leads to the desire to be even more intimate. "Kissing not only helps with serotonin and endorphins, that our body needs to elevate our mood, it also helps with boosting dopamine that regulates our sexual desire," Marla Renee Stewart, M.S., a sexologist, tells Bustle. Not only is your body flooded with the feel-good chemical oxytocin during a kiss, but it is subject to a host of other happy chemicals, too. All Your Brain’s Happy Chemicals Are Released He points out, though, that since many first kisses are awkward - due to nerves and other factors - you might want to give it two or three more kisses, before you really know for sure.
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"It can leave you feeling less than satisfied, or feeling nothing," Klapow says, at which point you'll feel free to move on. It's why you might feel "weak in the knees." But this feeling also plays a role in assessing your chemistry. "The heart rate goes up, muscle tension increases, our breathing rate speeds up, and blood flows to our internal organs." "It’s like that 'fight or flight' response we have all heard about," Klapow says. When we kiss, our bodies jump into overdrive, and release a burst of adrenaline. If you're kissing someone - and like their pheromones, which also has a lot to do with how they smell - you may be inspired to hop into bed. It's also why a first kiss doesn't necessarily have to be "movie perfect" in order for it feel amazing. In other words, they found that kissing is designed to help you assess a potential mate. Researchers at Oxford University looked into it and found that the chemical makeup of saliva actually lets you know if the other person would produce strong offspring. While it might just seem like you're swapping spit, the act of kissing is one way the body subconsciously decides whether or not you'd want to make a baby with this person - or, at the very least, hook up. This is the chain reaction that occurs when your lips lock, which your body uses as a way to assess the other person, and figure out if you're a good "match." Read on for more about what happens in the body when you kiss someone for the first time. "Everyone’s response is slightly different but typically we see sympathetic nervous system arousal." Josh Klapow, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist, tells Bustle. There's a lot happening in the body during a first kiss, and "it can definitely let you know you like a person," Dr. But the kiss changed everything for me, which, as it turns out, is what they're meant to do. He was quiet and shy I was loud and outgoing. The funny thing is, up until that first kiss, I wasn’t even sure that I liked him that much. I didn’t know he’d become my boyfriend at the time, but I knew I wanted him to be. His lips were so soft, he applied the right amount of pressure, and smelled so good. It may sound cheesy, but there were fireworks. I’ll never forget my first kiss with my partner.
