Obsession With Love And Its Tragic Consequences

The Obsession with Love and its Tragic Consequences

Love is considered to be the driving force behind all human intentions, emotions and actions. Love is capable of leading even the most intelligent of men into recklessness and the poorest of souls into wealth. Love is seen to be both human’s most powerful strength and most fatal flaw. The human race craves love and our obsession to love and be loved in return has the ability to lead us to our downfalls. Love is capable of ruining platonic relationships as well as one’s sense of identity and morality. Love also has the ability to breed anguish and sorrow when it is lost or cannot be found. Moreover, at times, love influences us to fall into a pitiful state of idealization and glorification.

This obsession with love encourages individuals to set aside their own personal beliefs and values in order to please their significant other and maintain their relationship. Individuals demoralize themselves and unknowingly cut off important relationships due to the prioritization of their lover. People unconsciously put all their attention towards their beloved and fail to acknowledge their own feelings as well as the feelings of others. Today, people are so frightened about not being in love that they sacrifice their own principles and fundamentals in order to not be alone. The constant desire we possess to love and be loved destroys us as it provokes individuals to set aside their ideals and friendships in order to not be

Humans are so blinded by love that they often come up with the misconception that a person is greater than what they truly are. I constantly see my friends becoming heartbroken and depressed over people who did not truly deserve their affection in the first place. I see my friends placing such high expectations and beliefs into other people only to be left hopeless and disappointed. My friends put their significant others on such high pedestals that they often do not seem to see or realize how toxic this person is to their lives. In their minds, this person can do no wrong and say no wrong. Our obsession with love prevents us from seeing our significant others as equals and more so as idols and gods. This idealization of another human being and this unwavering devotion for them leads to nothing but disappointment and hurt. This idealization is destructive as it leads to nothing but false hope and dead