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Science says: people with a celebrity crush are the happiest

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Are you completely crazy about Harry Styles, Dua Lipa, or Justin Bieber? And I don't mean that you can appreciate their music, but more like the level of kissing posters before going to sleep and dreaming about an impossible future together? Then I have good news for you: people with a celebrity crush are actually very happy according to research.

A study from 2009 shows that people who adore a famous person feel less stress and are emotionally more stable. Quite a remarkable conclusion if you ask me, since I can't exactly picture my wedding with Harry Styles during the most stable moments of my life. The research states that the more fans engage with their favorite celeb, the more the feeling of intimacy between those fans and the celebrities grows, even if those feelings are not reciprocated. The emotion that comes with it is equivalent to the emotions that arise when you enter into a real relationship, which makes it easy to become addicted to your obsession with this person. People with a celebrity crush also feel that they experience much more emotional support in their lives than if they had no feelings for the celeb in question.

Another study indicates that people who daydream a lot about their celebrity crush are smarter and more creative, and they achieve their goals much faster because they can approach problems from different perspectives. All aspects that absolutely contribute to your happiness. So keep on swooning, because becoming happy has never been so easy.

Source: Research Gate