Love, lust and desire
How do love, lust and desire differ in your opinion? Explain your thoughts in a post of at least 300 words and use a photo of something that you took personally if you can.
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If we really check it, these three things "Love, lust, and desire" are all intertwined emotions. And they all shape our lives and relationships. Ofcourse several times we misunderstand them, I believe that's might be the reason for it being a topic in this weekend engagement. They threw emotions above are frequently known to overlap and influence each other. But hey, I'll try my best to talk about how I understand the differences between them.
How do I define these three emotions:
Love, one I'd like to regard as the mother of all emotions, is defined by the deep affection and emotional connection we have towards others.
Whereas lust is defined primarily or is based primarily by the physical attraction we have towards another.
Desire, on the other hand, is one emotion that can take the form of our yearning for some emotional intimacy or our cravings for gratification.
Let me break it down further
Love
Like I said earlier, love is an emotion I like to describe as the mother of all emotions. Seriously, I don't know how but that's just how I classify it. It is a profound emotion that transcends just mere attraction or infatuation for someone. It is long-lasting, heartfelt and true deep affection that doesn't just happen but grows over time. Personally, I believe it is founded on the grounds of mutual understanding, respect, and experiences shared. Love tends to cover a wide range of emotions, such as warmth, empathy, and compassion, i
selfless and altruistic. Love is putting the well-being and happiness of others first. Accepting them, supporting their dreams and aspirations, being a pillar of strength during difficult times, embracing them even with their flaws. Love is built on trust, loyalty, and commitment, and it fosters a strong sense of security and belonging within a relationship.
So you see love is not just one emotion but it is accompanied by several other emotions. Hence the reason I classify it as the mother of all emotions.
Unlike the other two: lust and desire, love extends beyond physicality. It touches the emotional and intellectual realms.
Lust
Lust is one emotion that is frequently confused with love. Because sometimes it may play a role in the early stages of a romantic relationship, but it is not be a long-term foundation for companionship.
It can be tricky because it shares slight similarities with love. But It is just a strong and intense physical attraction to someone. Primarily it is motivated by our sexual desire and orgasmic fantasies, making it more transient, not lasting and fleeting than love. Lust is preoccupied or focuses on physicality which love isn't. It focuses on the external appearance or physical characteristics of a person. It could be the lips, eyes, a bare shirted man, bossoms of a person that elicit our arousal and ignites our fantasies and sexual Pleasures.
Unlike love, lust is not selfless but self-centered, it focuses on our immediate gratification and pleasure. It is swift, this means it comes and goes quickly just as it came, with no emotional depth and longevity which is associated with love.
Now in desire, desire can either exist on its own, or it can also coexist with and intertwine with love and lust. You'll understand more as you read further. Desire encompasses a wide range of emotions and can be divided into two types:
Emotional desire
Physical desire.
Emotional desire is the yearning for emotional intimacy, connection, and companionship. It is that desire to be understood, to be valued, and emotionally loved by our partner. It seeks an emotional bond with others that goes beyond the physical attraction we have in them. Sometimes when in a romantic relationship it is the desire to be loved like you should by your partner. To be treated like a baby, to feel the emotional connection with your lover. This desire can coexist with true love.
While the physical desire is just like lust, and equally built by the desire for physical intimacy and pleasure. But unlike lust it is a mutual attraction between partners. It is that desire for physical closeness, touch, and sensual experiences with your lover in a loving and committed relationship. This desire can coexist with lust too.*