LOVE (February)

• Love - it is hard to pinpoint

  • feeling, an action, a state of being, a motivation
• Types of love

  COMPANIONATE LOVE

  • kind of love felt between friends and family members and also old couples
  • driven by shared experiences, affection, and commitment to each other
• Types of love

  ROMANTIC LOVE

  • distinguished from other types o love by its passion
  • you feel not only affection but also desire for the other person
• Type of love

  COMPASSIONATE LOVE

  • one person feels driven to care for another person, somebody who might not be capable
  • caregiving is the hallmark of compassionate love
• Chapman 1992

  • each person has some love language that they prefer over others
• Types of love language

  QUALITY TIME

  • spending time together where you are focused on being present with the other person
• Type of love language

  ACTS OF SERVICE

  • doing things to make the partner's life a lot easier
• Types of lovve language

  GIFTS

  • recieving something that shows the other person was really thinking about your want and needs
• Types of Love Language

  PHYSICAL TOUCH

  • using physical sign of affection
• Albert ellis - " the art of love is largely the art of persistence "