Introduction

A lot of people misunderstand attraction to be purely romantic; thus, most people mistake it for love or lust. The following feelings qualifies attraction; admiring someone’s appearance, taking an interest in someone which leads to experiencing sexual feelings. Attraction is a natural feeling that describes desire, interest, or affinity that is emotional, physical, sexual, romantic, or aesthetic. Thus, it plays a key part on how you connect to other people and build your support network, whatever form it takes. 

Attraction: Love

Let’s start with love. The meaning of love and things associated with it varies from person to person, relationship to relationship, and across cultures. Basically, love can be defined as an emotional attachment, affection, or a feeling that is deep or passionate. Platonic is a type of attraction that is nonsexual or non-romantic. It is the desire to be in a relationship with someone; friendship is an example. Emotional attraction, on the other hand, deals mostly with the mind. It is not necessarily physical in nature, thus, it creates the desire for connection as a result of the person’s personality, heart, mind etc. Passion describes feelings of deep desire, intense emotion, or strong enthusiasm. Sexual attraction is the most common and most reason why some people get attracted to someone. It takes the form of the desire for intimately physical or sexual contact with someone.  

Attraction: Attachment

Attachment happens in relationships with parents, family members, friends, children, caregivers and loved ones. Attachment is basically a bond or connection of a committed long-term relationship of any kind. Intelligence attraction is not physical in nature and is rooted in a desire for connection due to someone’s intelligence, eloquence or brilliance.  Protective attraction describes the desire/feeling someone gives to those who require caretaking, such as the aged, mentally disabled people, a child, pet, or loved one. Social attraction describes mostly extroverts; it is a feeling rooted mostly for those who are generally well-liked by the majority. A person who’s socially attractive is typically also someone many people want to be around. Squish is the desire for a strong, non-romantic relationship that often includes elements of emotional depth or intimacy; it’s considered the non-romantic version of a crush, while a crush is the thirst/desire for a romantic relationship with someone. 

Attraction: Romance

Romantic attraction is described as a deep connection or emotional interest that is not purely physical or sexual in nature. Biromantic describes people who experience being romantically attracted to people of two or more genders; thus, it doesn’t necessary indicate the specific genders he/she is romantically attracted to, but the fact that the individual is romantically attracted to people of more than one gender. Heteroromantic describes those who are romantically attracted to members of the “opposite” sex or gender. Homoromantic is the opposite of heteroromantic, it describes those who feel romantic attraction to members of the same sex or gender. Panromantic people are capable of experiencing romantic attraction to people of all gender identities. Polyromantic basically describes someone who experiences romantic attraction towards people of many, but not necessarily all, gender identities. Lust describes intense feelings of passion, desire, affection, or attraction toward someone. Physical attraction basically describes the desire to touch or to be touched by someone not necessarily in a romantic or sexual way. For example, this can include hugging or kissing a family member or petting a dog. And the last but not the least is intimacy, which describes physical, sexual, romantic, or emotional closeness between people in personal relationships of any kind.

Conclusion 

In whatever way you look at attraction, it first happens in the ventral tegmental area of the brain which produces the feel-good desire about another person, thus, differs mainly on the type and individuals involved and the geographical area they find themselves.