Personal Narrative: My Interpretation Of Love

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My interpretation of love is quite different in comparisons to others. Well, at least, it feels that way. I don’t believe love was predetermined by a supreme being nor was it predestined by souls who were once intertwined in their past lives. As bleak as it sounds, love is induced by a chemical combination of sex hormones, dopamine, adrenaline, oxytocin, serotonin, and vasopressin. However, love still maintains its magically powerful presence through its ability to transform the world in a positive place and ultimately, it’s what makes humanity survive.

My stylistic approach to love is classified as Storge. In Greek, storge is described as an instinctual or untaught type of affection towards another being. This explains why I cherish
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Due to this perspective, I find time to be an irrefutably precious commodity and love is something I’m willing to encounter but not actively seeking for. Getting to know someone and trusting them unconditionally are aspects to both my style and language of love that I continuously express. Affirmation comes into play when I’m desiring reassurance in hopes to feel appreciated or wanted in my relationships; because being a storge, the risk of potentially wasting a lot of time is present if the relationship doesn 't work out. The conjunction of the three, along with past experiences, also vividly explain why I’m so precautious of letting people into my life. As expected, my knowledge has expanded significantly in the past two years, and one lesson valuable thing I’ve learned is that unnecessary negativity deserves no purpose in my life. My love languages and style demonstrate some of my unique characteristics towards relationships and now that I have a better understanding, I can use those to my advantage and exert a positive …show more content…
Every bit of interesting information I’ve learned in my class about communication goes straight to him. He has seen all the Ted Talks I’ve watched during class and read every paragraph that I find a communication tool he could be lacking in. That way he understands what I’m trying to convey from another source rather than me since I’m obviously biased towards my own opinions. I find by directly saying what I want it comes off as nagging, and I absolutely abhor feeling of telling other people what to do. I know that is something I should work on, considering I want to be a parent one day, but when it comes to my relationship I find logic to be the best resolution to a conflict. Like I always tell him, if I can listen to his theories or thoughts on calculus and physics, he can listen to my passion for communication and political science. We recognize love is something you should constantly work on, and this is true, especially for people like us who think the notion soul mates is physically

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