What is love?

Seriously… what is it?!

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GOOGLE WIKIPEDIA DICTIONARY

an intense feeling of deep
affection.
a great interest and pleasure
in something
Love encompasses a range of
strong and positive emotional
and mental states, from the
most sublime virtue or good
habit, the deepest
interpersonal affection, to the
simplest pleasure. …
the feeling of liking another
adult very much and being
romantically and sexually
attracted to them, or strong
feelings of liking a friend or
person in your family

...Most commonly, love refers

to a feeling of a strong
attraction and emotional
attachment
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Dopamine
Is an expression of our
connection with our
environment. Even living
beings, experiences, places,
etc.
It's a decision Love is stay clear that Is an idea of common
you are going to be purposes and sharing
there when everything things with other
seems to go wrong
It’s the inspiration for the
best stories A relationship (no matter if
it’s romantic, familiar,
friendship) whatever, where
you should receive back
everything you give, like a
cause-effect thing
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LOVING VS BEING IN LOVE
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...increases dopamine and ....Something related with projection
noradrenaline: (Lacan)

● pleasure ● ¨You are not You being in love…

● nervous excitement
● euphoria
oxytocin and vasopressin, help cement
your attraction by promoting
You are what you invent your desire
you idealize about a person
And it decrease in a period of 6-9

Being in Love months… sometimes is more depends on

● trust, the couple.
● Empathy
● Joy ● You can’t wait to see them again —
● Plenitude even when they’ve just left
Find more in ¨Chemistry of love¨: ● Everything feels exciting and new
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fV87
FruO0BPYACSHgKdlN ● feel more willing to try new things,
or things you didn’t care for, simply
reason that your partner enjoys
them.
 And then appear LOVE… You don’t feel the need to hold back
your opinions

You’re secure in your affection

Even when you have a small
disagreement, you know you can talk
You may feel more at ease being through it.
yourself.

Intimacy might require more effort and

Loving This doesn’t mean you don’t make an
effort to maintain this affection and
help it flourish. The relationship takes more work

It just means you’ve switched over to Loving someone can involve a sense
a realistic view instead of idealized of strong connection and trust.
versions of each other.