Putting yourself out there is not easy. When we admit our feelings toward another person, we open ourselves up to the possibility of rejection—and there are few more dreaded experiences. That's why instead of being direct, we often take a less straightforward approach when we're into someone, even if we don't realise we're doing it. According to therapists and other relationship experts, body language can easily give you away when you're talking to a person that you're interested in. Read on to find out the five most common signs that indicate attraction.
The way someone looks at you can indicate their level of attraction. In a TikTok video, Kim Chronister, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist working in Beverly Hills, California, said that "one major sign that someone is attracted to you" is when their eyes scan all over your face.
According to Chronister, a person who just sees you as a friend will typically just look at you from eye to eye when you're talking to them. "But what you want to see if you're into the person is them scanning your entire face," she said. "So looking at your eyes, your lips, your hair, back to your eyes, lips, hair—something like that."
If you want to know if someone is attracted to you, watch how close they get to you. Jess O'Reilly, PhD, a sexologist and relationship expert working with Astroglide, tells Best Life that while that most people tend to close the space between themselves and another person if attraction is on the table. "When you experience attraction, you may find yourself behaving in unexpected ways," she says. "You may find yourself leaning in toward someone to whom you're attracted without even noticing it."
Putting yourself out there is not easy. When we admit our feelings toward another person, we open ourselves up to the possibility of rejection—and there are few more dreaded experiences. That's why instead of being direct, we often take a less straightforward approach when we're into someone, even if we don't realize we're doing it. According to therapists and other relationship experts, body language can easily give you away when you're talking to a person that you're interested in. Read on to find out the five most common signs that indicate attraction.
The way someone looks at you can indicate their level of attraction. In a TikTok video, Kim Chronister, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist working in Beverly Hills, California, said that "one major sign that someone is attracted to you" is when their eyes scan all over your face.
According to Chronister, a person who just sees you as a friend will typically just look at you from eye to eye when you're talking to them. "But what you want to see if you're into the person is them scanning your entire face," she said. "So looking at your eyes, your lips, your hair, back to your eyes, lips, hair—something like that."
If you want to know if someone is attracted to you, watch how close they get to you. Jess O'Reilly, PhD, a sexologist and relationship expert working with Astroglide, tells Best Life that while that most people tend to close the space between themselves and another person if attraction is on the table. "When you experience attraction, you may find yourself behaving in unexpected ways," she says. "You may find yourself leaning in toward someone to whom you're attracted without even noticing it."
At the same time, you can also gauge if someone is attracted to you as well by seeing how they respond to you reducing the space between you both. "When somebody lets you close to their intimate zone, this is almost a guarantee that they are attracted to you," explains Rodney Simmons, a relationship expert and author at Tiny Changes Matter. "If they let you close to their face or they lean in close to your intimate zone, that's a green light for you."