Unattainable Unrequited Love. It’s human to desire things we can’t get. This is equally applicable to unattainable romantic partners. Why is the unattainable so hot? The standard answer is that The Unattainable is in some sense rare and that makes it so precious. Rare things are valuable. When we hold someone valuable, we want that […]
Aspects of Unrequited Love. People who believe the world to be entirely physical and that every event has a prior physical cause, also called ‘physical determinists’ consider unrequited love to be an explicable extension of the chemical-biological constituents of the human race in general. In this perspective, it may be said that geneticists invoke the
The Quantum of Unrequited Love. The fulfillment of your love being reciprocated is much more than the pain you felt in unrequited love. You begin to see how foolish you were to have wasted so much emotion where it wasn’t even required. Your world always reflects what you are sending out in the form of
Antisocial Patterns in Unrequited Love. In the hundreds of articles that I have written about unrequited love, rejection and broken relationships, I might have thus far painted a mainly dismal picture of the impact of rejection. So, today I thought of adding a more optimistic note. Unfortunately, it is true that social exclusion contributes to
Heartbreak in Unrequited Love. I did not become a preacher overnight. I have had my own set of heartbreaks, unrequited love, phases of extreme lows, depression, isolation, standing up again, and being betrayed again. However, today I believe that in some other lifetime, I had wronged all those people in some way. They came in
Walking Out of Unrequited Love. Schizophrenics have been noted to have lower amygdala stimulation due to reduction in its size, also affecting memory. While it has various other functions, the prime role of the amygdala is to stimulate negative emotions. Most psychological disorders are associated with the activation of amygdala. On the contrary, individuals suffering
Lonely in Unrequited Love. You can feel close to someone you’re not in love with. And if you’re in love but can’t access your partner’s inner world, it’s inevitable that the relationship will slide down the spectrum to distance. This is the truth about closeness. If it is, it should be complete. Incomplete closeness leads
Putting Aside Unrequited Love. Rejection served an important role in Evolution. In our past, being outcast from our tribes was worse than death, as we were incapable of surviving alone. Psychologists say this led to our brains being programmed to send signals when there is a risk of rejection. Individuals who are capable of reading
Unrequited Love and Mad Limerence. The typical love story that all of us have known is to fall madly in love at the start and eventually settle into a pleasant commitment. The other possibility that is not so typical is to suffer a devastating breakup and be left in unrequited love. A comfortable marriage, most
Boredom in Unrequited Love. Unrequited love stems from infatuation, and ‘discovery’ is a major part of infatuation. In other words, as long as your object of love is a stranger, you continue to be in love with the image that your heart has formed of the person. As you learn about the object of your