Heres how your body knows when a breakup is about to happen, according to health expert

As the saying goes, always listen to your gut.An expert shared how a person’s hormones can help them determine if they’re with the right romantic partner or not.If you often feel tired after a restful night’s sleep or you live in a constant state of anxiety, especially around the person you’re dating — odds are your cortisol levels are through the roof, according to Mike Kocsis, a hormone health expert from Balance My Hormones.You should feel comforted and safe around your significant other, and if you feel the opposite — that’s your body telling you something is off.

“Cortisol is the main stress hormone, spiking when you’re under emotional or physical stress, and is designed to help you stay alert and react quickly in the face of danger,” he told The Mirror.“But in a difficult relationship — like one that feels unsafe, unpredictable or overly demanding — your body can interpret everyday interactions as threats, leading to you constantly being in a mild level of fight-or-flight mode.”While everyone loves the excitement of dating someone new — constantly chasing that dopamine rush throughout the course of a relationship isn’t healthy, according to the expert.“Dopamine is the neurochemical or pleasure and reward, that is often mistaken for passion, but becomes unreliable and can spike and crash, following a classic addiction cycle,” he told the outlet.If you’re more grumpy or sad than usual, your serotonin levels are most likely off — and you can thank your relationship for that.“Serotonin oversees your mood, sleep, emotional balance, and even memory,” Kocsis said in the interview.“It helps you feel steady, calm, and satisfied, so levels are high in happy and healthy relationships — but if a relationship is emotionally taxing, insecure and a source of constant conflict, levels decline, leading to irritability, emotional instability and symptoms of depression.”And if sex suddenly starts feeling like a chore, “…it ...