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Psychologist Elaine Hatfield has described two different types of romantic love: compassionate (also known as companionate) and passionate. Compassionate love involves feelings of mutual respect, trust, and affection while passionate love involves intense feelings and sexual attraction.
Passionate love is a type of love that is characterized by intense feelings of attraction, desire, and infatuation. It is often associated with the early stages of a romantic relationship and is characterized by strong emotions and sexual attraction.
Compassionate love (which can also be called “companionate love”) is less about intense passionate feelings of lust and sexual attraction and more about having a deep sense of trust in the other person, as well as feelings of mutual respect and affectionate love.
When most young people imagine what their future love life will look like, passionate love is at the top of their wish list, along with a deep emotional bond with their partner, true friendship, and a sense of feeling safe and secure with the one they marry. But what is passionate love and what are the signs of a passionate relationship?
Passionate love is all about intensity… but compassionate love depends on your intimacy. Compassionate aka companionate love involves affection, intimacy, commitment, and trust. In long-term relationships, passionate love turns into compassionate love within a few years.
“Passionate love” has many of the same positive features as romantic love, however it also includes feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. According to scientists Elaine Hatfield and Richard Rapson, passionate love describes “a state of intense longing for union with another.”
What is passionate love, and how do we measure it? Psychologists and sociologists who’ve tackled the subject of passionate love have come up with a panoply of operational definitions.
