1. You can recite the entire introduction in your sleep.

2. You make the *dun dun* sound at the perfect time.

3. You have seen every episode so many times that you can identify the story line in a matter of minutes.

4. You have lived through all of Olivia Benson's haircuts.

5. You get just as emotional as the victims.

6. You love Stabler so much that you wanted to stop watching once he left, but you just couldn't let go.

7. You don't understand how people can hate or bash "Special Victims Unit."

8. You know celebrity guest appearances are normal and happen quite frequently.

9. You spend your Sundays watching reruns on the couch.

10. You get upset when an "NCIS" or "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" marathon is on instead of SVU.

11. You can't stop watching an episode once you start, even if you have seen it 100 times.

12. You realize that the stories are based on actual news headlines.

13. You can always identify when they use the same character from a previous episode to portray a different role in another episode.

14. You completely freak out when anything happens to Olivia Benson.

15. You realize the Olivia and Elliot will never be a couple, yet you are still hopeful.