What is love?
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How can you tell if you’re experiencing love versus lust?
So a lot of research that's been done on falling in love is that it's almost painful because it's obsessive and you become all consumed with the idea of someone. So when you're not with them, then there's this longing and desire for them and we all have different levels of desire and missing, but that's one of the big symptoms that you feel when you're really connected to someone because everything's kind of at that, you know, pleasure pain barrier and you just Feel this longing, desire for them. The гука Love and
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Warning Sex and Adult Themes. You might have already been in love. or thought you might have been. Or you might be like many of us who aren't really quite sure what love is or what it's meant to feel like. So on the podcast, we're gonna try and help you figure out when you're in love and when you're just in a deep sex fog with someone that you're really not meant to be with. You'll hear from a psychology lecturer on what research says makes the perfect partner. But first we'll speak to sex therapist and relationships counselor Alinda Small on how to identify love beyond those hormone-filled early too good sex vibes.
So that's the big question, isn't it? You know, what's love and how do you know when you're in love? So the science that we know, the psychology behind it, is when you first meet someone, there's a state of limerence and so the hormones go crazy and that's what draws us together. We know that that lasts between six and twelve months, sometimes slightly longer. Um and that's very intense and very exciting and that's what brings us together. And then we go to a more intimate phase of a relationship. Um so You know, the hormones kind of I guess convolute the way we feel 'cause it's very exciting. Um but is it real love? I think that's probably the the ultimate question that none of us really know and it's all subjective.
So what one f person defines as love Maybe different to someone else. What
do you think the key differences are that we can identify between love and lust?
Yeah, so the first phase is always lust because that's when hormones kick in and that's why we're drawn to someone. You know, that's what makes us and we don't know what it is that draws us to someone else across the room or in conversation, but that's what pairs us up with someone in the first place. Um and that's you know, usually most of the time, that's what we all feel when we first meet someone. Um and it's deciding whether your relationship has enough legs to go on to have that interest. Mm.
Claire, I've asked you to get in touch with me about um how you define love. What is it to you?
To me, love is the worst and the best feeling in the whole world. Why is it the worst? Um, my partner and I have been together for three years and we're currently having time apart. It's been um two months and I just feel this chesty ache and this tummy ache all the time because I miss him so much. Like the love is still both there with both of us, but we're just having some space. And it's so hard.
Oh, Claire, I'm so sorry to hear that.
What physiological symptoms appear when you’re separated from someone you love?
Look that's okay. Alinda, why do these physiological, you know, heartache symptoms happen when you're away from someone that you're in love with?
Yeah, so a lot of research that's been done on falling in love is that it's almost painful because it's obsessive and you become all consumed with the idea of someone. So when you're not with them, then there's this longing and desire for them. And we all have different levels of desire and missing, but that's one of the big symptoms that you feel when you're really connected to someone because everything's kind of at that, you know, pleasure pain barrier and you just Feel this longing, desire for them.
I've heard from you on the text line. I remember the moment I knew I was in love, sitting in the back of a steamed up car and laughing together. I looked at him and there was an overwhelming thought that hit me like a brick wall. I want to marry you. Wasn't even dating this man, and yet the image of marriage has always been a terrifying one.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How can you tell if you’re experiencing love versus lust?
0:00–3:13
2
What physiological symptoms appear when you’re separated from someone you love?
3:13–6:09
3
Why do people mistake intense passion for lasting love?
6:09–8:49
4
How do attachment styles influence the way we seek love and intimacy?
8:49–11:35
5
What does research say about the ideal partner and the ‘ideal standards model’?
11:35–14:14
6
How does Sternberg’s triangular theory explain different types of love?
14:14–17:36
7
When does the hormone‑driven ‘limerence’ phase end and intimacy begin?
17:36–20:50
8
Can love addiction be distinguished from sex addiction, and how is it treated?
20:50–23:49