"i love him with all my heart" i hear that stuff a lot. why does the heart symbolize love when everything is just mental. "Love" is actually is something that builds up over time when you think about something or someone excessively for a period of time. What does the organ or the symbol have anything to do with this. And love is all mental right? When i love something, i actually feel something in my chest. Is this all mental? like, if you hear love coming from the herat, your brain would probably think of the heart and have an illusion of a feeling coming from the chest or the heart?
2007-09-20 16:43:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I've heart that if two people stand close together they form a heart that's why they have chosen that symbol but I haven't got an idea why they connect it with the organ....may be because when we are in love we feel that dull pain inside around the zone of the heart
2007-09-20 16:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the same exact question I was asking myself the other day!!!! Well, I thought it over, and in reality, love is all in the mind. The only thing your heart really does is pump blood everywhere. I think there's a certain part of your brain capable of feeling love and everything. The heart just symbolizes love, it really has nothing to do with your feelings. But then again, it's weird to think of it that way, b/c I always grew up thinking that love came from the "heart".
2007-09-20 16:51:44 · answer #2 · answered by julia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heart was historically seen by some as the seat of the soul and the organ responsible for human thought. The Romans for example noticed that changing heart rates often corresponded with emotions such as fear, love and excitement. While it is now known that the heart has nothing to do with thoughts or emotions as such, people still carry on using the term "heart" metaphorically when talking about love.
2007-09-20 16:52:30 · answer #3 · answered by Todd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love, like other thoughts and emotions, comes from the brain, not the heart.
Ancient peoples used to believe that love and other thoughts came from the heart, and the concept has remained even though scientists now know better. It's just a saying.
2007-09-22 06:31:51 · answer #4 · answered by dirty t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummmmmm I think it started with 1 of two things. Mythology or The Bible. Just Guessing
Hope this helps
2007-09-20 16:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maple Leaf: In China and Japan the Maple Leaf is an brand of fanatics. North American settlers used to place the Maple leaves on the foot of their beds to stay away from demons and inspire sexual excitement as properly as non violent sleep. additionally interior the North American region, the stork would properly be stated weaving Maple branches in nests - as such, the Maple became a logo of the affection latest in welcoming a sparkling baby interior the dwelling house. purely via fact the candy prosperous sap produces Maple syrup so too does the Maple leaves function a love symbols as they depict the wonder and splendor of love in every day existence.
2016-10-19 06:50:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The feeling in your chest could be the blood pumping stronger in your body which actually happens when you become excited or aroused.
2007-09-20 16:52:10 · answer #7 · answered by jacob D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume that it is because your heart beats faster when you are excited.
2007-09-20 16:51:27 · answer #8 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋