To express love and attachmentLove and attachment can be expressed in many ways:
- ** Action Level **:
- Meeting frequently and sharing secrets. When men and women began to meet frequently and share their secrets in private, it was a sign of deepening feelings, reflecting mutual attachment, and a manifestation of love in behavior.
- They were jealous and protective of each other. The feelings of mutual jealousy and protection towards the other party reflected the care for the other party. It was a form of love and attachment.
- An expression of longing. The feeling of longing was full of romance. It carried the weight of love and was also the embodiment of joy and attachment. For example, if one indulged in longing, even if they knew that the other party might not receive it, they would still send their longing and love to the other party. This was a deep expression of love and attachment.
- ** Emotional Level **:
- Emotional resonance. The emotional resonance between the two parties meant that they were emotionally attached to each other, which was a manifestation of love.
- Emotions were transmitted. Passing on feelings to each other and clinging to each other was also a manifestation of love.
- ** Verbal level **:
- For women, they could express their love and attachment through verbal hints, such as saying "I love you","I miss you","I can't leave you" in a gentle tone. She could also say things like," Baby, I love you very much,"" Darling, I want to be with you forever," and so on, to let the other party feel her deep affection and attachment.
- In a native family, love and attachment were mutually supportive. The child's tolerant embrace and other behaviors could reflect love and attachment. This was a natural expression of emotion.
The difference between attachment and loveIn terms of brain activity, a lot of activity in the brain regions when they were in love (less than eight months in love) was related to love, while the regions that were more active when they were in love for a longer period of time (eight to seventeen months) were often related to attachment. This indicated that the brain was easy to fall into love, but it took more time to form attachment. From the perspective of emotional development, it was usually to fall in love first and then slowly establish a deep attachment. However, there were also cases where there was a deep attachment first and then the love brain circuit was triggered to fall in love. In essence, love is a strong emotional experience, while attachment is a feeling of need and desire for the other party. For example, it is difficult to imagine life without the other party.
When love becomes a form of attachmentWhen Love Became An Affection
Love was one of the most intense and complicated emotions of human beings. It was like a seed. After it was planted in the heart, it would gradually grow into a vine called attachment with time and experience, tightly wrapping around the corner of the soul.
The first love might have been that moment of heart. Perhaps it was a smile that he accidentally caught sight of, or a warm sentence that he inadvertently heard, but it caused ripples in his heart. This kind of love was filled with passion and desire, burning like a flame. However, as time passed, when each other's company became a part of their lives, when countless days and nights spent together accumulated, love quietly changed.
Affection was the manifestation of love after it had penetrated deep into the bone marrow. It was no longer just a passionate pursuit, but a dependence on the other party's existence. It was like a child's attachment to his mother. It was a sense of security found in a familiar aura and a warm embrace. In love, attachment is expressed as a desire for the other party's company. When the night came, he hoped to be accompanied by the sound of that person's breathing. When he encountered difficulties, the first thing he thought of was to confide in the other party and seek support. When he succeeded, he wanted to see the joy and pride in the other party's eyes.
This kind of attachment also carried a trace of fear of loss. Because his love was too deep, the other party had already occupied a vital position in his world, as if it was an indispensable part of his life. Therefore, even if it was a short separation, it would still breed a faint melancholy in the bottom of his heart. She was afraid that the other party would leave, afraid that she would lose the care and love that she was used to.
But attachment was not a negative restraint. It was the sublimation of love, a deep emotion cultivated over a long period of time. It meant that both parties had already left a deep mark in each other's lives. This mark was the testimony of time, the result of experiencing storms and sharing laughter together. In a relationship of attachment, both parties were giving and receiving the nourishment of emotions. They were like two trees growing side by side. Their roots intertwined in the ground, and their branches and leaves leaned against each other in the air, resisting the wind, frost, snow, and rain in life together.
When love turned into attachment, it was like trickling streams converging into a deep lake. Although it was less turbulent and noisy than before, it was more peaceful and deep. This change in emotions made love no longer just a short-term splendid fireworks, but a lamp that warmed the soul in the long night, lasting and steadily illuminating the journey of two people's lives.
love how the character's ren & mike make the opposite choices, and it shows the consequences of those choices and how attachment can be destructive to others and ourselves.