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What is the difference between attraction, physical attraction, and sexual attraction to you?
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How often you feel it? What does it feel like?
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35 22Physical attraction and sexual attraction are not the same thing, though they can overlap. Physical attraction is when you feel pulled towards someone and you appreciate them aesthetically. Sexual attraction usually occurs when you feel the above but has more to do with desiring sexual acts. Just because you're physically attracted to someone and want to be around them doesn't mean you'd be comfortable enough to look at them in a sexual light or even have the physiologically reactions necessary to be sexually attracted to them.
I think they are all connected. Initially for me its physical but without intellectual attraction, it goes nowhere. Then it becomes sexual. Emotional is last but it always catches up. So basically got be attracted to his looks, his brains, want him and like his heart. Not too much lol
attraction - when I'm attracted to someone's personality/humor/intelligence, something that's not physical
physical attraction - when I'm attracted to someone based purely on their looks
sexual attraction - when I'm attracted to both guy's personality/humor/intelligence and his looks
I guess that attraction is looks and something I think I can tell by his personality, physical attraction is just looks and sexual attraction is wanting to have sex with that person based on non-affection reasons (not just looks, but scent, how he moves, etc can play a part).
I feel attraction without any romantic or admiration type feelings, too. That's a whole different question.
All of those attractions that should say.
Attraction: you're attracted to the different components of an individual
Physical attraction: you're attracted to their looks and want to be with them because of it
Sexual attraction: doesn't necessarily involve either of the above 2 but their attitude and behaviour raises your libido and makes you want to fuck them
Attraction is in a more general sense, it doesn't need to necessarily be physical or intellectual, could be both at once, could be none, just chemistry. Physical and sexual attraction is pretty much the same to me, I might not know a lot about someone or dislike their personality but still wanna fuck their brains out
Physical attraction: Referring to the looks of the person, good looking/ handsome, qualities that makes him nice to look at but I won't necessarily have feelings for this person.
Sexual attraction: Similar to physical attraction but I would have to have real solid romantic feelings for him to actually let sex happen, usually if I am sexually attracted to a person it probably means I am also attracted to him intellectually and we have that chemistry or "spark".
Physical attraction you think they're good looking, but sexual attraction you're of course attracted to them physically, but chemistry comes with it. You just want all of them and you wanna get as close to them as possible. You can't keep your hands off of them. Like they also do things that turn you on.
This is a personal opinion, as this is how I am. Might not apply to everyone :)
So, for me, physical attraction and sexual attraction aren't always the same. I think my guy friend is cute, but it doesn't mean I have to have sex with him... We've even slept on the same bed and no sex. But, let's so I'm attracted to this guy, and he has personality traits that I find extremely sexy... The chemistry is perfect. Then I won't be able to just sleep next to him, I'd let him take me.
"Attraction" alone could mean personality. "Physical" you like their looks "Sexual" for me personality, I think you're good looking and find your personality traits so sexy.
physical attraction and sexual attraction is just the same. My girlfriend is attracted to me by my physical features and im attracted to her by her physical features and sexually too. she told me she loves so much and that my feature is very good looking.
To me in my opinion attration is when someone is drawn to their personality or enjoys their presence over most. I believe having an attraction to someone who makes my mind feel at ease or I feel comfortable with them. I know it might not make sense the way I explained it. I feel most often when I'm with my best friend or a friend who soon became my boyfriend, he made me feel so warm inside and more than happy. Of I do feel physical attraction to him and it's more than often, and when I think of physical attraction, it's about parts of him that make my blood rush and I feel overheated. I like his smile, his broad shoulders, his roughish hands and when he wears three quarters shirts, society I got carried away but it's what makes me want him and only him. And the sexual attraction sort odd for me to speak of lol.
All of them are the same to me.