Suffering Relationships in Unrequited Love. Unrequited love makes lovers act like an emotional pendulum, swinging back and forth between joy and discouragement, depending on the responses they receive from the object of their desire. As discussed in my blog Distraction and Fantasies in Unrequited Love, unrequited lovers will experience periods of happiness, or even euphoria, […]
Distraction and Fantasies in Unrequited Love. Unrequited one way love comes in different degrees, of course, from the temporary infatuation to the deeply felt, all-consuming one way love-me-or-I’ll-die unbridled passion or love obsession. As discussed in my blog Self-Improvement in Unrequited Love, one way unrequited love is just like falling in love, really, except it’s
Self-Improvement in Unrequited Love. There are times when unrequited love can affect your perception of the world and yourself and thus your self-esteem and your entire life experience. Does the idea of being loved make you uncontrollably happy? So happy that simple friendly behaviour makes you look for signs of love? If yes, you need
Unrequited Love – Resistance to Change. Treating your partner or beloved like a project that you need to work on, like something to ‘improve’, is disrespectful and can make the person feel like you don’t appreciate them for who they are or even know them at all. Not like all unrequited lovers try to change
Unrequited Love and Choices. Fairy tales in real life may not look like fairy tales as presented by Mr Disney. Prince Charming may have a crooked nose, and your princess may have pigeon toes. What am I trying to say? Being so fussy that you miss genuine relationship opportunities is a silly thing to do.
Unrequited Love and Imagination. If we view too much of life through a competitive lens, we come to treat everything like a tussle, a chance to score points and get ahead. As discussed in my blog Unrequited Love-Common Mistakes, trying to make someone want you more by acting ‘standoffish’, ignoring them, or trying to make
Unrequited Love-Common Mistakes. Repeatedly going for Mr/Ms Wrong puts you in the market for relationship mistakes. This one can be neatly combined with being too desperate to get into a relationship. If I repeatedly scrape my face on tarmac and then wonder why it hurts, I may need to think about it. But hold on;
Prerequisite for Unrequited Love. Every unrequited lover is capable of finding someone to love them back, however, there are reasons why some of them remain in one-way love or fall in love with unavailable love objects. I have written about this in detail in my blog Perspective and Unrequited Love. Some people get into the
Perspective and Unrequited Love. When people are depressed, they have less activity in the prefrontal lobes of the left side of their brain, so purposefully doing logical activities, can help stabilize mood and help you feel much more detached and objective about stuff that was bothering you. I have written about this in detail in
Strategizing Against Unrequited Love. Most of us have been in love with our favourite toy as a kid. It was perhaps the main focus of our lives at that time, and we would insist on taking it everywhere, like we were meant to be together, always. That’s how it felt at the time, anyway. The