You don’t know anything about them but you somehow know they are just perfect for you.
You can’t act normal when they’re nearby and your stomach flips when you think about them.
You find ways to mention their name in conversation and smile like an idiot when you talk about them.
You have a crush – and you have no idea how to deal with it.
Crushes are all-consuming, confusing phenomenons. Sometimes you wish the feelings would just go away – they’re just too intense.
So why do they happen and what does it all mean?
Sex and relationship expert Tracey Cox says we tend to develop crushes in response to what else is happening in our lives: they may represent a longing to escape reality and enter an idealised, fairytale world.
‘A crush only remains a crush until we actually get the know the real person,’ she says. ‘Then they quickly change from this magical, perfect person into a real-life person with flaws.’
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