What does love feel like?
I really don’t know. I don’t think I have ever felt love before. In fact it makes me cringe just typing the word. Even if I have, how would I know if it is? They say “If it’s true love, you’ll never have to question it”, I for one question everything. Please describe this feeling to me. Metaphorical examples would help too.
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Well most answers will revolve around the ideas that, you can’t stop thinking about them, the mere sight of them makes you light up, you always think about them in everything, from when you wake up till when you go to bed at night. Thinking about them makes you happy and nothing else. Hm. That’s pretty much all I can think of.
Love. . . is a choice. “feelings” of love are just bonus.
Love is a feeling unique to every person, not to be confused with sickness.
Abba Zabba wrote:
Well most answers will revolve around the ideas that, you can’t stop thinking about them, the mere sight of them makes you light up, you always think about them in everything, from when you wake up till when you go to bed at night. Thinking about them makes you happy and nothing else. Hm. That’s pretty much all I can think of.
by your definition… i am in love
Love is everything that makes a person feel whole. It completes a person. The Chinese have a saying “We are born with half of a heart and spend the rest of our lives seeking the other half.” Once we find our other half we can begin our lives in complete happiness.
It’s a funny thing about love because it wears many faces. Like when I fell in love, it started out to be a friendship. We were buddies and then we felt deeper feelings for each other after that.
I agree too that you think of nothing but the other person, just the thought of them lights up your day. You feel that all things are possible when you are with them, theres nothing you can’t accomplish.
Ive been reading you’re posts. But what happens when I cannot find love? Will I be doomed of unhappiness for the rest of my life?
How old are you Acrylica? If you are young there is no reason why you can’t find love. It’s out there. Perhaps you are just not ready.
You. . .are love. Discover thyself
Sixteen, If I “can” love… then I guess I feel like Im falling behind.
You’re only 16 and complaining that you’ve never been in love? ****. I was 19 when I first fell in love. You have many, many more years to find love, trust me.
But here’s the important thing. Don’t make that your mission in life. Don’t always be ‘looking’ for love, otherwise you will only end up being with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. allan_wilco had it right in saying ‘Discover thyself’. Happiness and love start from within. When you are happy with who you are, and love yourself (though it sounds silly, what other relationship is more important than your own) will love come to you. Happiness and confidence attract healthy, happy people. It’s a good basis to start.
Well said Abba Zabba.
Thanks! to everyone that has participated in this topic. It really helped! =]
So, I guess I shouldn’t worry about it and I should just be myself, forcing things to happen may not turn out quite well.
its better to wait. love will find you.
i was in several relationships with people who were in love with me, and i always wondered. i knew i loved them, but i wasn’t sure that i was in love. i worried - is this all there is? i fell in love years later, and it was unmistakable. i knew it without a doubt, and it was amazing. i wish i hadn’t wasted so much time worrying about things that didn’t matter.
find your own way, your own joy. love will find you when you are ready for it.
most people who are 16 and think they are in love are probably fooling themselves. don’t settle. you will know.
Abba Zabba wrote:
You’re only 16 and complaining that you’ve never been in love? ****. I was 19 when I first fell in love. You have many, many more years to find love, trust me.
But here’s the important thing. Don’t make that your mission in life. Don’t always be ‘looking’ for love, otherwise you will only end up being with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. allan_wilco had it right in saying ‘Discover thyself’. Happiness and love start from within. When you are happy with who you are, and love yourself (though it sounds silly, what other relationship is more important than your own) will love come to you. Happiness and confidence attract healthy, happy people. It’s a good basis to start.
nice one abba zabba
fractal.scatter wrote:
It hurts :(
Everyone says that love hurts, but that’s not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Everyone confuses these things with love, but, in reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all the pain and makes us feel wonderful again.
So, is love the relationship in general or only the good part of a relationship?
Love’s the feeling :) it’s just another sensation, like being tired, or thirsty. When you love someone, it’s like you acquire another need… I don’t know what to call it. But you eat when you’re hungry, drink when you’re thirsty, sleep when you’re tired, turn up the heat when you’re cold… and somehow, love gives you another need, and the only way to fill it is to get the one you love into your life.
I see now..
I made this topic because I felt a need to be filled, but there wasn’t a word to describe it. So I wondered: “how will I know when that need is filled?” and I am unsure because I might not see this “certain someone” anymore.
I don’t think you can ever quite fill the need. That’s what keeps you loving someone. You always need to come back for more :)
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