Types of Love: An Ancient Greek Explanations

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People showing their affection and sincerities to their special someone in different ways Maybe all of us are already experienced how to love. How to give importance to those people that we really admire of. Showing our love in different ways to make them happy and sacrifice for them even it can destroy our own happiness.

In this article we will digging the Gold of knowledge in understanding the different types of Love. It is surprising that Love has types well Iā€™m really surprised about this too.Enjoy reading!

Types of love Base on Greek Ancient

Affectionate Love or Philia

This type of love is a kind of that you feel for your friends. People having this representing love love between people who considered themselves equal.

Unconditional Love

A selfless, altruistic and unconditional love. It also describe as spiritual love. This love is more on sacrifices, people having this is happy when they showing their love and sacrificing for the happiness of others.

Romantic Love or Eros

An expression of sexual passion desire. It is associated usually in romantic, passionate and physical love. This is power love that can be result of loss of control. A dangerous type of love.

Playful Love or Ludus

This type of love make you feel a live and excited about life. You can usually experience this during your first-love days. You can feel butterflies in your stomach every time you see your love. That feeling that you canā€™ t live without them.

According to studies, this type of love makes your brain active just like you literally high on a drugs.

Enduring Love or Pragma

This type of Love is an almost opposite of Eros or the sexual love. Pragma is a love that developed through the long period of time.An example of pragma is those old married couple who have been together since their teenager years.This type of love is a rare type to find in this new generation of lovers.Efforts in relationship is not really need in this type relationship. Both are doing equal things to make them both happy.

Self Love or Philauitia

This will perfectly defined as Self-Love. Philautia is doesnā€™t mean youā€™re going to be selfish or stuck on ourselves. Self isnā€™t negative or unhealthy in anyway. In fact, giving and receiving love from other people is better but, how can we give them love if we donā€™t give it first to our selves? Self is your first priority in this type of love. Its albout self-compassion. Just how you show love and affection to other and that the same love and affection to your self.

Obsessive Love or Mania

This type of Love isnā€™t good type of love ,because it is obsessive. It can lead someone into jealously,madness and anger.This type of love has the balance between the sexual love or Eros and the Iudus or the playful love. It can lessen self esteem to those people experiencing this because of the fear of losing their object. It can be destructive in some cases.

Familiar love or Storge

It looks like and feel like philia- affectionate love felt between friends. This type of love is more like a parent-child love. There is no physical and sexual attraction. Thereā€™s only strong bond,kindships and familiarity between people.

What is your favourite among them? Let me know in the comment section.

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