So you think you’re in love ?..

The 2 Different Types of Love

There are two different types of love I’ve come to notice — the love from the mind and the love from the heart.

When I get stuck in my head, it’s often because I don’t want to be in my heart. My heart holds so much: leftover pain from old wounds from trauma and past lovers, sunshine from the moments I lived in what I desired, and heartbreak from people I’ve given unconditional love too because I was just being myself . It’s a whirlwind of joy, sadness, and lessons that never really leave.

But those feelings from my heart also serve a purpose. They remind me why I am the way I am — disciplined, focused, loving, and spontaneous. They explain why I juggle between moments of fun and silence, why I crave both crazy/freedom and solitude/stillness.

What I’m starting to realize, though, is the difference in how my heart sees love compared to my mind. They communicate love in different ways. They express it differently. Yet, one cannot exist without the other. They need each other.

My mind has a way of articulating my desires and the madness when it comes. It gives me clarity, helping me understand the emotions that once felt too heavy to carry now just feather away into the dark abyss I call nothingness. The less I desensitize myself, the more I can see the deep relationship between my head and my heart.

And maybe that’s where true love lives — not in choosing one over the other, but in letting them work together, guiding me into balance. So. you think you're in love?.. yes, yes I am.