PASSION AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS

Passionate love is usually present during the first few months of an intimate relationship. In this state, any kind of separation calls for a state of emergency because what you feel is so powerful. Here are some passionate telltales:

■ Tornado versus bliss: Because the feelings are so strong, when times are bad, they are awful, and when times are good, it’s heaven on earth. There is no middle ground.

■ My skin is your skin: Paired with the magnified emotions of passionate love, people in this state tend to feel the need to constantly be in close proximity of each other.

■ Ideal versus reality: During the course of passionate love, people tend to get caught up in the grand scheme of idealisation. They are so in tune with the outcome they’ve drummed up in their heads, they don’t actually take the time out to assess the reality of what is. Their partner can do no wrong and is God’s greatest gift to Earth.