7 Types of Love
Friendship: Intimacy without passion or commitment
Infatuation: Passion without intimacy or commitment
Empty love: Commitment without passion or intimacy
Romantic love: Passion and intimacy without commitment
Companionate love: Intimacy and commitment without passion/sexual desire; this could also be called "platonic" love
Fatuous love: Commitment and passion without intimacy
Consummate love: Commitment, passion, and intimacy; represents an ideal relationship
Decreases Anxiety
MRI scans have shown that those who are involved in stable, long-term relationships have greater activity and activation in the part of the brain that is responsible for the reward/pleasure response and less activation in the area of the brain associated with anxiety. #lovers
Lowers Blood Pressure
Happily married couples have been shown to have better blood pressure values as compared to those who are unhappily married or single. So, when you’re with the one you love, that light, fluttering feeling you have in your heart may actually be your blood pressure dropping. #lovers
Reduces Depression
Falling in love, getting married, and maintaining healthy relationships and friendships have been shown to reduce the feelings of isolation and depression in both males and females while simultaneously increasing their sense of belonging and happiness. #lovers