The Spiritual Gifts. I have been doing extensive research on unrequited love for a few years now. When I started studying about the spiritual aspect of it, I thought I know all about the subject. When you are in love, it feels like nothing else matters. You can’t eat, can’t sleep. Day after day, time […]
Art and Unrequited Love. For many writers, researchers and movie makers, the tragic phenomenon of unrequited love is the pinnacle of suffering. In Woody Allen’s film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Maria Elena’s character played by Penelope Cruz indicates that only unrequited love is the truest love, because it is incomplete. But the idea that unrequited love is the purest
Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene, according to the Bible, travelled with Jesus as one of his followers. She came from a town called Magdala, 120 miles north of Jerusalem. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named at least twelve times. This is more than most of
Return to Sender. I am somehow sure that everyone has been in unrequited love at least once in life. Be it unrequited lovers or researchers. Whether it started out as a love affair and then one person got wary of it, or the feeling was never reciprocated. Everyone sympathises with the unrequited lover and we
Why Unrequited Love? At the point when your feelings in a relationship are not shared, the outcome can be excruciating for both of you, particularly for the person who is more dedicated to the relationship. Unrequited love — the most common topic for novels and movies, is one of the worst situations to be in.
Hopeless Unrequited Love. While it is always easier to give advice than take it, it is equally difficult to see the red flags in unrequited love while we are really quick at locating them in other people’s lives and telling them “I told you so”. This is why we often find ourselves in unrequited love
Equilibrium. Have you ever seen couples who appear to be so in love with each other that you can’t tell they are two individuals? Do you often also see couples who appear to be distant to the point that you wonder why they are together? All humans identify with each other in various ways. Some
Addicted to Grief. When your loved one walks away like there was nothing between the two of you, the chemical reactions that go on inside the unrequited lover’s body are similar to the loss of a loved one. You feel inconsolably hurt, broken and shattered. Although emotional pain is different from physical pain, a break-up
Obsession or Addiction? Addiction is not quite the same as obsession in unrequited love. The basic difference is that in instances of addiction, the object of desire is thought about persistently and images of togetherness are constantly made by the unrequited lover. In instances of obsession, the unrequited lover tries to control or maintain a
Brain Chemistry in Unrequited Love. Those of you who have read my blog “Unrequited Love and Cocaine” know that while unrequited love is connected with tension and anxiety, this state, mixed with hope of reciprocity at times leads the unrequited lover to feel extreme happiness to the level of euphoria. This reaction is similar to