Power of Love

People are built for social contact. It’s an inborn trait, certain and inevitable, located in the brain called the amygdala. That brain structure causes the need for human companionship. Humans want to share their inner self, thoughts and feelings with someone else, so that when they leave this world, they can be remembered. When living in a society, we are bound to have friends, relatives and colleagues because we interact with them on a daily basis.

One of the most complicated experiences in life, love cannot be precisely defined, but some basic indications help to characterize the feeling. Love is a very deep, passionate affection one person has for another or a relationship of the same nature that implies a unique intensity of emotion. It requires an especially strong connection and compatibility between two people, usually identified by a total understanding and respect for each other and a fundamental similarity in ideology. Love can also be seen in the way it alters people’s normal behavior; when someone is in love, the object of their affection seems like the most important thing in the world, and they do extreme things for that feeling to be requited. Love cannot easily be

The nature of love according to Nozick is the desire to form a “we” with the person you feel romantic love for, the desire to become one with the loved one. When two individuals are mutually in romantic love with one another, they both desire to form a “we” with each other. Once two romantic

Love comes in numerous ways and can be expressed in countless fashions. Love is powerful, has a meaning, and is capable of eclipsing time all due to the human psyche. One can love anything from a family member, to a fictional character in a TV show, or even an inanimate object. The fluidity of love is what makes it so difficult to understand if one is “in love” or has ever experienced love. Experiences often mold a person’s perspective on what love truly is. Love is not an emotion, but rather a condition of the mind that cause one to act in ways that are uncharacteristic. It can be blinding, obsessive, and pure, depending on the reciprocation of the love. Since love is an abstract concept, one simply cannot measure how much love they have received or given alike. Although the human brain can perceive and interpret other’s actions or words as signs of love and care, in which the mind processes this into the mental psyche that is love.

In conclusion, when people are experiencing loneliness, their actions, as well as their way of life is altered. Also some problems and changes are caused

This article argues that physical attractiveness is a gateway for a healthy relationship. Singles, of both sex, recognizes the importance of physical attractiveness, especially online. Only when the standard is meet would they investigate further into the personality. It also argues that excessive attractiveness is unnecessary, and people prefers “averagely” attractive partner. The author is a dating & mating psychologist, has deep study in relationships. I will use this article as a major point to support my thesis statement.

Love can be defined as an intense feeling of deep affection (Google). However, love cannot be confined into one type. There are many different types of love that are exhibited by human behavior: true love, infatuation, and lust. The previously stated expressions of love have been implemented in various pieces of writing. True love can be felt and interpreted in many different ways; whether it is for a significant other or your closest friends.

The major task of young adulthood is to develop intimate and emotionally satisfying romantic relationships. If this is not accomplished; the person often lacks the ability to have understanding, empathy, and support. Additionally, statistics show that adolescence and young adulthood are the loneliest age groups. This combination attributes to the reason being why single people are less happy than married individuals. Although it should be noted that research has shown that romantic companionship is more beneficial to men than to women.

     As a qualifier, Hendrix states that “Although these three theories help explain some aspects of romantic love, we are still left with our original questions” (484). He says that despite a plentitude of research, the answers remain a mystery.

The company of people is an essential in life, because being lonely can cause many problems to your mental and physical health. The article Lonely No More from medicaldaily.com describes 6 ways loneliness can be detrimental to your health. Some of the health effects can vary from a disrupted sleep to an increase in dementia risk. It also states that 20% of americans are found lonely, that adds up to about 60 million americans. You need people in order to learn and grow in life. Humans depend on social interaction the second we are born. In the movie The Blind Side, one of the main characters, Michael Oher, grew up most of his life alone, without a stable home, and sad. He lost all hope that he would ever find a family, until Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy take Michael in. At first, it took Michael awhile to adjust and begin interacting with them again, but he eventually begins to feel apart of the family and there is a drastic change in his mood from the beginning of the movie to the end. Just because of other people being around, it can affect who you are drastically, whether it’s how you feel, and what you strive to do in life, the company of people help keep your life balanced and

Another serious effect on lack of relations and participation on human being is mental health. The first issue is about anxiety and irritability. According to Cacioppo and Hawkley (2003) and Yang et al. (2013), social isolation is produces of higher chronic disease, emotional effects and nervous system problems activation that have strong connected with stress. Moreover, the absence of social contacts and social participation can increase stress level and lead to difficult in sleep, negative impact on metabolic, neural and hormonal regulations (Dawkes & Simpkin 2013). This example shows that social isolation adversely affects nervous system which link to anxiousness and crossness. The second issue is depression that is a part of mental disorder. According to Alpass and Neville (2010), lowered effect, decreased activity levels, withdrawals distressing

The five factors that predict interpersonal relationships are: proximity, familiarity, similarity, physical appearance, and reciprocity. Proximity refers to the geographical location of persons. People are more likely to initiate, engage, or maintain relationships if someone’s geographical location is near or convenient to the person they are to pursue. Relationships, whether romantic or platonic, are not as likely to be initiated if the proximity does not allow individuals to cross paths or maintain a certain level of communication. As well, familiarity plays an important role in the fostering of relationships. People are said to have an increased attraction and fondness for individuals that they see more often than those they do not. In lay terms, similarity can be summed up by saying that people enjoy the presence of those like (or similar) to them. Individuals are more often drawn to and feel less intimidated by others that share their culture and belief systems; thus, are more likely to form relationships with them. Next, is physical attractiveness; which can be defined in two different ways. First off, people tend to believe that beautiful things equal good things and are more likely to seek out relationships with individuals they find beautiful. However, people are also likely to form relationships with people they believe to be on

There are many theories in psychology that speak of love as playing an important role in human development along with many different theories of what love can be. Robert Sternberg formulated the triangular theory of love which argued that love has three different components: intimacy, commitment, and passion and that all forms of love are

Like I mentioned in the paragraph above love is usually defined as an intensive feeling of a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone, however love is a bit more complicated than that. Love is special, it’s unique in it’s attitude and behavioral components, it’s a phenomenon that eludes easy definition (Our Sexuality, 2012). Love has always been a complicated subject; sometimes love is fickle, sometimes love isn’t love, but rather pure infatuation. Infatuation is often mistaken for love, however it is only a short lived but intense passion for someone. It’s possible that since many infatuations are mistaken love that many researches regarding the measurements of love would include individuals infatuated with each other. In one possible case, a man named Zick Rubin wished to measure love and liking. He set up 13 questions

When discussing love, people generally think about the love between a husband and wife, or the love between a couple in a romantic partnership, and that is one type of love that I will be discussing. In addition to romantic love, there are other types of love also. There is the love we have for our children, our families, and also the love that we have for our friends. All of these types of love share some of the same attributes, however, they have differences also. In reading and researching different types of love, I have found that romantic love and friendship seem to be the most similar in nature, although they have differences, they share a lot of the same attributes. I found that friendship and romantic love tend to have more similarities than differences. In this paper I will examine romantic love and friendship. I will discuss the definitions of the two, and what elements each of these have. I will discuss the different theories of love, and I will compare and contrast the similarities and differences between romantic love and friendship.