10 Emotional Stages You Hit After Your Crush Likes Your Instagram

Okay, they are definitely in love with you. This is your golden moment. Go dance in a field full of flowers because this is a god damn dream!!!

By Ari Eastman

Updated 8 years ago, May 26, 2017

1. DISBELIEF

https://giphy.com/gifs/snl-saturday-night-live-season-42-3oKIPrPyYtQBTPv39K

Noooooo???! What??? No, nope, this is not happening. Nope. It’s not real. You are Dorothy and never left Kansas. IT’S A MISTAKE. DON’T TRUST ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!

2. HONORED AF

https://giphy.com/gifs/nobodiestv-tv-land-tvland-3ohzdNlsQJDA9jGS7S

*fans self* “I just, I can’t believe it. You like me? You really, really like me?!”

3. ECSTATIC

https://giphy.com/gifs/funny-personal-excited-gif-lPvmmuVw9Ix0c

THIS IS THE SINGLE BEST DAY THAT HAS EVER EXISTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. You are 2 seconds away from streaking down the street just because you feel so liberated and full of joy.

4. SUDDEN NERVOUSNESS

https://giphy.com/gifs/bEVKYB487Lqxy

Wait, hold on, what now? Was it just a pity like? Orrrrr, have they been secretly in love with you for months and this is their subtle way of letting you know? Are you supposed to reciprocate? Should you slide into those DMs? Oh dear god, WHAT’S IT ALL MEAN??!?!?!

5. PANIC

https://giphy.com/gifs/originals-retro-l46Cbqvg6gxGvh2PS

Literally what do they want from you? Is this all a game? Are you winning or losing? AND WHY IS YOUR HEART BEATING LIKE YOU JUST RAN A HALF MARATHON?!?????

6. EXCITEMENT AGAIN

https://giphy.com/gifs/scifi-tx4C4yMSWt08o

Okay, they are definitely in love with you. This is your golden moment. Go dance in a field full of flowers because this is a god damn dream!!!

7. EXISTENTIAL DREAD

https://giphy.com/gifs/ben-affleck-hello-darkness-my-old-friend-sad-3o7WTqo27pLRYxRtg4

What’s the point? We all bleed. We all get hurt. We all die.

8. Paranoia

https://giphy.com/gifs/other-paranoia-better-off-dead-A66BE0DgEA2sg

Something isn’t right here. Something doesn’t add up.

9. OPTIMISM

https://giphy.com/gifs/from-shopping-total-ED8WVha2pnHnG

Honestly, maybe this is ACTUALLY real? Is it so wrong that you’re hoping for a happy ending? Is it so bad that you actually think this ‘like’ means something amazing might happen? That’s a rhetorical question. Please, stop answering.