love
All you need is Love, and Love is all you need.
The Psychology of Love
In many societies, especially in the western society, love, whether it is between a partner, family member, friend or animal, is present. It is seen as a necessity and want throughout each individual’s life. Love can help bring people together or tear people apart. It is something, an emotion if you will, that many societies wrap their livelihoods around. Neurochemically, love is defined as an array of different neurotransmitters centering around motivation and reward being released into an individual’s brain, causing an amazing sensation one feels for a person, place or thing. And when an individual cannot seem to find this sensation of “love,” they tend to look for it in other ways, such as using drugs that will sort of mimic the feeling one gets when in love. Even though love is so apparent in many societies, some scientists will argue that it is not a universal emotion. But all in all, individuals around the world have an extremely strong necessity for this sensation called, love. This paper will help individuals understand love by defining what love is chemically, how different drugs can mimic love, and if this “emotion” is universal.
By Danyea Hays8 years ago in Humans
Love
What is love? Is it something that can be observed, felt, or touched? Is love something we show or feel? Does anyone know the true meaning behind love? Love is a feeling everyone has in their life from another individual. The word love means “strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.” This may be the true meaning of love, but there are several different types of love that people show.
By Quitina Foster8 years ago in Humans
Calloused Love
His hands opened my eyes to the whole world. When I was younger, I thought callouses could only form on feet because I was a soccer player and that was all I knew. But when I touched his hands for the first time and I felt the rough skin from his callouses, I felt my world tremble beneath my feet. I recalled pedicurists trying to scrape off my callouses and wondered if anyone had ever thought to do the same to his. I wondered if he had ever looked at them and wished they weren’t there, for any reason. He told me how he got them, explaining that he lifted weights at the gym often. When he was younger, he was “obese, like, so fat,” so now the gym was his life. Knowing this fact made me somehow love them more. He took my hand in his and rubbed my fingers over them, asking me if I minded them. My wide eyes and curled lips must have told a different tale, because he smiled at me, not needing me to utter any words.
By Esperanza G8 years ago in Humans
How Could You Not Want to Fall in Love Again?
It's no longer waking up to cute good morning texts. It's remembering you no longer have a person to plan things you dreamed of doing with. It's going places you once visited with the "love of your life" and trying not to let the memories overwhelm you. It's taking showers in the middle of the day because you can't dare to let your family hear you sobbing anymore. It's replaying everything in your head with the hopes of finding out where you went wrong. It's becoming a prisoner to your own sadness if you don't find a new way to occupy yourself. It's knowing sooner or later, they will find someone else and that someone will not be you. It's every tear I shed, every knot I felt in my throat, and every ache in my stomach- That's what heartbreak feels like. So I ask myself, why is everyone so obsessed with the idea of being in love?
By Sam Villemaire8 years ago in Humans
An Open Letter to Love
Dear Love, Why are you some complicated? Why are you such a mystery? You disguise yourself so well, in smiles and laughter and in promises...promises to be broken. You make knees go weak, hearts pound, butterflies fly and eyes go wide. You can last a lifetime, creating warmth and happiness and light. But then you can also create waterfalls, and cold, and darkness. You make the strong feel weak, and the weak feel on top of the world all in a matter of seconds. The hopeless chase you, the broken fear you. Songs are written about you, movies based on you. Fights ensue because of you and even some die for you. Some though... use you to play games with, to tease and toss the heart around and hurt the soul.
By Colorful Chaotic8 years ago in Humans
An Open Letter to My Boyfriend
I love you so much. I have no words to describe my awe for you. Since the day we swiped right on each other, I have been so blessed that you came into my life. But, let me ask you (the reader) this, have you ever met someone that, from the very first moment you laid eyes on them, you're whole world had stopped and everything seemed to have changed in a blink of the eye. If so, then you know exactly how I feel for Tyler. I was going through so much in those few months before I met you, I was going through a hard breakup, and school was so stressful. And you somehow made everything so much better. When you came and picked me up to go to the gym for our first time meeting. I was so nervous, I was jumping out of my skin. I hid in the bathroom when you rolled up to my house, that's how scared I was. I was scared of the outcome, because everyone says that Tinder is just for hooking up. Some of the guys that swiped right on me were just asking to have sex or some stupid shit like that. You have somehow made me feel so special every day since then. You are my best friend, and my one and only. I know we've only been together for 5, almost 6 months, and only knowing each other for a month beforehand. I love you more today than I did yesterday. And I'll love you more tomorrow than I do today. I always hate those days when you feel as if I don't love you but that's not true! And I don't want you feeling that way EVER! You make me feel wonderful. I have been through a lot in my 18, almost 19 years of being alive. Starting with Dad completely walking out of my life, once he had a new kid. Every moment we spend together is another one of my dreams coming true. There isn't a day when we hang out, that we don't end up making one memory, for example, when I spoiled you with The Melting Pot. I know I overreact a lot, and I'm sorry. It's just how I am as a person, I'm so fearful that I might say or do something to make you lose feelings for me. I'm worried you won't want me anymore. I was scared to love you at first, out of fear that you would hurt me, but I did and it's the best thing I've ever done. Now, I only fear of waking up and this all being a dream. You complete me. You make my life so amazing and I don't know how else to repay you but to love you as much as you love me. And I am so proud of the person you have become since we met, you're such a strong and independent guy. And it's amazing because you're only twenty years old, and you're living on your own, and paying your own bills. You're so mature for your age, and I'm proud of who you've become since college. One thing I love that you do is, you make me feel beautiful and wanted. I have never felt like that by a man before, and now I know what it feels like to be truly loved and cared for by a man. I am so thankful for what we have. You are the only man I ever want to share my life with. I could never imagine what it would be like if we were to lose each other. I don't even want to think about it. If we ever get into an argument, I'm always afraid one day you'll get tired of me. I know you say that you never want to leave unless I leave you, but I'm still afraid. You are the love of my life, and I love you and I will until the day I die. Hopefully, when that day comes, I will still have you by my side. I know this is a lot to say at this point, but I want to grow old with you, and create a future for us, with children and living with each other. And I know I sound crazy for saying all of this, but it's the truth. And I don't care what anyone else says about it. When I'm older, I'll look back at the way we argued about things that were so insignificant and we'll laugh and know that our love was strong enough to overcome every argument. I just want you to know that I'm thankful that you came into my life, and I will love you until the end of my days. I'm still crazy for you baby, and I always will. I love you so much.
By Zoe Mckenzie Clark8 years ago in Humans
Meeting My Soulmate
POF is your average dating website. You get creeps, users, abusers, free food, mostly disappointing sex, and sometimes—just sometimes—a romantic story that results in actual marriage. Well, this is my story about the first time I met my fiancé.
By Shea Halvorson8 years ago in Humans
Twin Flames — The Divine Union
I am sure many of you have read my previous article on "Twin Flame & Soul Mate... The Difference," but if you have not yet, please do. This article is literally to shed more light on twin flames and their purpose in each other’s lives. Not many know about the concept of twin flames, as many are used to hearing about soul-mates. With soul-mates, you have many; anyone, from your mother to your brother, sister, or friend could be your soul-mate. We have a soul tribe. And often times, the relationships we've had in the past are karmic relationships. A karmic relationship is a romantic bond that is formed with someone in your soul group and it's a relationship designed to heal past life lessons and pain. Karmic relationships are the type of soul-mate relationships that no one wants, but everyone has.
By Rasheeda Loves8 years ago in Humans
Color Wars
His world had been one of black and white—the monochromatic colors coming together to form a soundless melody; like the static within old movies, where you have to rewind and click play if you want to start all over. His world was dark. The dizzying haze of blacks and whites swirling throughout his mind, like he was a misplaced cloud amidst a storm. Yet he remained calm‚ well, as calm as Kai Krowli could ever be—ignoring all the talk about color and soulmates.
By Michaela Browne8 years ago in Humans
