How do you create intimacy: does it come naturally to you, do you have to make time for it or do you fear it? And can you find it within yourself?
Tag: love
Addicted to love: Dependency in relationships
Can I see others for who they truly are, or for who I want them to be?
Too often we equate dependency with love.
Addiction and dating apps: the fast and intense
Has there has ever been this much supply and demand on dating apps? I wonder if we should be more careful in giving our heart’s attention away.
Tales of the anxious-avoidant attachment style
I’m desperate for romance and intimacy, but as soon as people get close to me I either push them away or get really obsessive? Disorganised attachment baby!
When your gut instinct and heart collide
We all desire something from time to time that we know deep down is wrong. How do we handle this turmoil of emotions, and which way do we go?
Love as a conspiracy – a spoiler-review of Normal People
‘It’s not like this with other people’ they would say to each other after making love. When loving is a secret conspiracy, how far can they go?
Love and guilt are neighbours in me.
Is it bad that I cannot distinguish them? I grew up with them being interchangeable. I think myself in love but really, I feel too guilty to leave them.
Can others love us if we don’t love ourselves?
I spend years hoping someone’s love could save me from the pit inside my soul. That they would find my flaws endearing, and in turn so would I.
Fast crushes and easy heartbreaks
Put me in a room full of strangers, and within minutes I have singled out the person I will crush on for the next few weeks.
Fight your instincts and love your abusers!
Yarris, wrongfully convicted of murder for 22 years, refused to wish ill on his abusers. I would have become like them, he said.
