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8 things not to be confused with love

Love is the most mysterious feeling in the world. Vibrating the hearts and souls of men since the dawn of time, occurring for both chemical and affinity reasons, it carries us, surpasses us and fascinates us. We can passionately love a man, his family, activities, chocolate. So it's normal to get lost sometimes, and to have trouble differentiating between the types of love!

“Deep down, am I not a little in love with him?” one wonders one day, thinking of a friend, a colleague, a man who has just met. To find out whether it is "amorous" love or other forms of love, we sort it out.

To read to go further:Towards true love, freeing oneself from emotional dependence by Marie-Lise Labonté, Renouncing emotional dependence by Catherine Dupont and Overcoming emotional dependence by Sophie Tenenbaum.

The solution to better distinguish all this? Are you saying that in 90% of cases, when the question "Am I in love or not?" gets too strong in your head, you're trying to convince yourself that you love him, not that you actually love him. Love is often simpler, more fluid, and when you are, you know it, that's all. And so much the better! Whew!