Unrequited love Unrequited love is a special state which is always characterized by sadness and sympathy towards a person, who suffers from this kind of love. The main characteristic feature of unrequited love is that it includes only one participant. A person who is loved may fail to know about the existence of this love. But it happens seldom. In the majority of situations a person who is loved can't love back and experiences the same feelings. The situation aggravates, when the active lover suffers from nervous disturbances, haunts his/her object of affection and resorts to blackmail. This fanaticism often leads to a tragedy as this type of love is abnormal and can lead to abnormal consequences. Besides, this love is often far from real assessment of situation. A person in love has an idealized image of his/her beloved person in his/her mind and experiences a strong and unhealthy infatuation. There are people, who are predisposed to this type of love. They have some peculiar features, which can prompt us that we should avoid communication with this sort of people in order to keep off them. These people are rather exigent to themselves and people around them. They easily fall in love and are inclined to idealize reality, life and surrounding people. They are inexperienced in intimate relationships and are inclined to autosuggestion and self-analysis. These people believe that their strong feeling is enough to evoke reciprocal feeling in the object of their love, because they really work hard for it. Despite all difficulties and negative emotions, unrequited love makes us stronger and gives us deeper understanding of love and personal relationship. Different people have different types of character, but this strong sense can come to any type of a person, regardless of his/her temperament. This is an important stage of self-development which teaches us to avoid it in our future. It makes us also cleverer and gives us much more than we can guess. Don't be afraid of unrequited love. Treat this experience philosophically and learn a lesson from each event of your life. |