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Jul
For millennia, philosophers, prophets, and poets have explored love. Today, psychologists study it extensively. They may come at it from different perspectives, examining interpersonal attraction or the bondedness that occurs in loving relationships, or even as part of a wider theory of human bonding, which might include love of family, friends, civic institutions and the natural world.Despite the debate about the nature of love, researchers have found that it is an emotion characterized by positive emotions such as hope, gratitude, compassion and empathy. These positive emotions lift your mood and can help you cope with negative ones, such as anxiety…