Oh, yes. It's really true. Today, in psychology class I was soooo bored out of my mind. We were talking about psychoactive drugs. Stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens....blah blah blah. I was literally falling asleep. But then we started talking about emotions and motivations. Yeah, it was some good stuff. Here is a brief recap on what I, Elizabeth learned today about LOVE.
Love is the strongest emotion.
There are 3 components:
-intimacy (closeness, a bond)
-passion (sexual)
-commitment (pretty self-explanatory, a desire/decision to only be with that person)
There are 7 kinds of love (this is the good part!)
Liking-only intimacy involved, a true friendship, a close bond
Infatuated-passion only, much like a one night stand
Empty-commitment but no intimacy or passion. i.e. arranged marriage
Romantic-combination of intimacy and passion, but no comittment. Much like how many boyfriend/girlfriend things are these days.
Fatuous-Passion and commitment, but no intimacy. Like if a man has a mistress.
Companion-No passion involved but there is intimacy and decision.
Consummate-Intimacy, passion and comittment. The "ideal love", very few achieve it. Harder to maintain than achieve.
Wow. That's pretty deep. I never would've thought of love as having so many facets like that. I'm gonna let you sit and turn that around in your head for a while.
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