"Love means different things to different people [...] we also experience it in a variety of ways," says Preece. Is the way she articulates words. We post inspiring statuses, quotes, photos that all of you can relate to. We want, so desperately, to label it. I'm positive I'm in love with my husband, but I'd say my own experiences of love are unique. Preece agrees, saying it can be attributed to the chemical reaction that happens in our bodies: If you feel like someone just gave you a very concentrated shot of glee, you're in luck: You may be in love. In other words, you'll experience lots of different emotions, all wrapped up in the bigger feeling of love. Not just to … Love isn’t simply a feeling. "For others, it's the slightly odd feeling that makes you a bit giddy. Being in love is wonderful, and it can feel like it consumes you, but stay true to you, and still do what makes you happy, first and foremost. On the one hand, chemicals associated with attraction can make you feel dreamy. The love for God as you understand who he is, paternal/maternal love that can grow dipper as time goes, love for children, pets, self love and so on. LOVE can associate this feeling with love. Love is saying that in this temporary life, you will choose to believe, choose to give one another your everything, choose to be one another’s, against all odds. Love is not what makes you decide to treat each other with kindness, respect and empathy during a breakup or divorce (you'd be surprised how quickly love can feel like hate at that time). Submit your writing to be published on Thought Catalog. 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People who are in this early phase of "falling in love" may even sleep less, or lose their appetite! "Love Is Only a Feeling" is a song by English rock band The Darkness, released as the fifth and final single from their debut studio album, Permission to Land. It's one of the best feelings in life you'll experience. Even if one consciously knows that the other person is a bad fit, this cascade of neurotransmitters may confuse the brain into believing the match is compatible. Am I in love now? Try as we might, we can’t quite pinpoint exactly what it means to love someone, to know what that word means or how it feels or becomes tangible in our lives. It isn’t being with someone who makes you laugh, or smiling as you go on dates, or kissing the lips of someone who you’ve learned to appreciate as someone even closer than family. For instance, love can give rise not only to amorous feelings, but also to joy, grief, rage, longing, and jealousy, among others. Say "I love you." It’s pushing, day after day, to keep that ‘home’ feeling over time and through obstacles. Similarly, it is very common to confuse emotions and feelings. "Over time, the intensity does not disappear, but, instead, it becomes one of many mutually positive feelings," says Dr. On the other hand, they can make you feel anxious or obsessive. It’s discovering that your life was incredibly full before, but falling into them has made it even more complete somehow. Don't worry if you don't feel exactly what someone else is feeling - love is very individualized. The Greek word for “love” used in reference to God is agape, which means “benevolence, delight, preference, or good will.” It isn’t simply two hands intertwined, or two bodies coming together in lust. When you're in love, you will naturally be thinking about that person a lot. "Long-term, mutually happy couples in love say that they feel peaceful, confident, empowered, and other positive feelings.". We try so hard to make sense of it, to understand it, to grasp it between our fingertips and hold it in our palms. Saying “love is a choice” sounds like the tendency to make the will — with its decisions — the decisive moral agent rather than the heart, with its affections. But that can’t be the whole story: love is often accompanied by jealousy, erratic behavior, and irrationality, along with a host of other less-than-positive emotions and moods. This all paints quite the rosy picture of love: hormones are released, making us feel good, rewarded, and close to our romantic partners. A study from the Kinsey Institute found that the brain of a person falling in love looks the same as the brain of a person who has taken cocaine. Yes, love will often be accompanied by feelings, but emotion is not the basis of love. But still, we use the same word. In any given situation, we can choose to love, regardless of how we feel. D, author of Smart Relationships and Founder of Love Victory, underscores that love isn't just one feeling, like some might think. It’s family, maybe even children, sprinkled around you. Love is a crazy thing, and chances are, you've spent hours upon hours pondering life questions about the feeling at one moment or another. The word love is much wider than just the feeling for one person. A movement towards another, despite what stands in your way. For 'love' means to most people either sexual love (eros) or a feeling of affection (storge), or a vague love-in general. The music video for the song was filmed at locations around the Blue Mountains of Australia, including: 1. Relationship expert and dating guru James Preece says that we experience love uniquely, because we see the act of loving uniquely. To feel comfortable and steady and grounded as we free fall into another person. To put it on a shelf that we can easily pull from when we’re ready. Love. Falling in love involves a lot of feelings, emotions, urges, and sometimes it feels like it totally changes your entire brain chemistry. Does love feel the same to everyone? Turns out, I might not be the only one who feels that way. It’s seeing parties and weddings and anniversaries with them by your side. That when we learn who we’re meant to be with everything will fall into place, like puzzle pieces finding their matches, like simplicity. Love is not just a feeling. "When mutual love hits you - and sometimes it really does feel like a 'wake-up call,' you can experience intense feelings of being 'struck' - in a good way - or sensations of floating or joy," says Dr. What I'm feeling might not necessarily be what someone else is feeling. By subscribing, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Statement. Since we all experience love in our own way, it's also important to note that we won't just feel a singular emotion of love. Even the love for your partner changes in time. Saying “love is a choice” sounds like the tendency to believe love is in our power to perform, even when we don’t feel like it. It is a choice, a decision, an action, a movement. It's commitment. It’s finding someone who you see fighting battles with, and for. "The feeling of being in love can range in intensity from exuberance to peacefulness, " says Dr. Questions for Discussion and Personal Reflection How would you compare and contract the "feeling" of love with the "doing" of love? Watch the official music video for The Darkness 'Love Is Only A Feeling' from the 2003 album 'Permission to Land'Subscribe to the Rhino Channel! Love isn’t even finding your ‘home.’. You're watching the official music video for Whitesnake - "Is This Love" from the album 'Whitesnake' (1987). Songs are written about it, art is done around it, and it's the glue that generally holds us all together. Here are 10 reasons why being in love is the best feeling in the world. Biologically, love is a powerful neurological condition like hunger or thirst, only more permanent. There are different kinds of love. This is why one may become “attached” to a partner that is absolutely not a good match. 1  These types of love include: Friendship: This type of love involves liking someone and sharing a certain degree of intimacy. To box it up. When you are really in love, that person can make you feel a number of emotions, such as: Safe Comfortable when around them Secure in your relationship Content and relaxed Wish. Elite Daily spoke to a few experts to get an idea of what it really feels like to be in love. It's the responsibility to keeping your commitment. You feel different emotions for different situations and people. Love is actually challenge. Despite all … It’s the thought of ‘forever,’ as hard as that is to actually visualize. How will you know if you are experiencing it for the first time? Stef Safran, a Chicago-based matchmaker, says there are a lot of things you'll do in relation to the object of your affection: Just make sure you remember that you're your own person, too! Despite all the ways the world will tell you to give up or walk away. Give us a "LIKE" and we will keep you humbled & entertained! Research suggests that people share a common image of what it means to be loved. Sign up for the Thought Catalog Weekly and get the best stories from the week to your inbox every Friday. Fear of aging. 3. Love Makes You Feel Invincible Love makes you feel as if you can do anything. But in the scientific community, the conservative definition of an emotion is a facial expression. Romantic feelings rely on a complicated concoction of chemicals and psychology. Love - overall - is pretty amazing. We choose what we do and do n't worry if you are newly or. Of us do n't feel exactly what someone else is feeling - love is very individualized positive I in... 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