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Love Lust
Associated with:Emotional and intellectual compatibilityPhysical chemistry
Sub-Categories:Lust, Romantic Love, AttachmentNA
Stimulants:Dopamine, Norepinephrine(Adrenaline), Serotonin, Oxytocin, VasopressinTestosterone & Oestrogen
Feelings associated with:Elation or a euphoric feeling, Loss of appetiteFocused Attention and sexual arousal
Interdependency:Cannot sustain without lustNot associated with love
Person to Person:Two working together to make it workOne working for oneself to make it work
Symptoms:Connection of your soul with someone else's. It's settling your differences, dealing with conflicts as one person, not two seperate entities. It's sharing your life experience & being the other person's friend. Love is pure & comes without decisionThe desire and whim that everything is yours. No thought put forward into the other person. No compromising. A completely shallow way of believing you're in love
Attribute:Not expecting anything in return and desiring the best for the other personCaring about some thing or some person because of what it or he or she can offer us
Definition:Constellation of emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong affection or profound onenessAny intense desire or craving for self gratification mostly sexual desire
Meaning:A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.Intense sexual desire or appetite.

Love is an intense feeling of affection and care towards another person. It is a profound and caring attraction. On the other hand, lust is a strong desire of a sexual nature.

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"Cannot sustain without lust"?? What about children/mother/familiy/friends? Definition biased towards romantic love/couples only.
- by on 2009-06-03 07:57:49