Search Results: emotional attachment
Suicide: A Permanent "Solution" to a Temporary "Problem"
On this day, April 17th, last year, a buddy of mine decided to take his own life. It was the day after his 25th birthday. I cried on that day. I cried at his funeral. I cried again today. I don't cry much. I don't show...
Can you explain 'Friends with Benefits'?
I do not understand the difference between friends with benefits and gf/bf. People say it's just someone you are friends with that you also have sex with. But this is what gf/bf is. What is the additional component that...
How do I get used to the idea of saying goodbye to a friend?
I'm away at school and I made friends with a guy here. We're from the same home area and have a lot in common. When no one else understands me, he does. Long story short, I fell in love with him and then found out he was...
Having an affair with a married man, need advice?
We've been at it for around 4 weeks. We were friends before anything started. I'm friends with his wife & my husband is friends with him. There's no emotional attachment what so ever & I'm not pursuing that, I want him to...
What is the next move?
I've just been on my third date with this guy I like and I'm pretty sure he likes me back, I mean, he's the one who keeps asking me out. Anyway, we haven't had any physical contact other than goodbye hugs and innocent...
What turns a guy on?
And I don't mean just sexually but makes you like her more. Does knowing she wants you turns you on? What is the line between clingy and nice to know she wants you? When it comes to sex, do guys also have an emotional...
I'm in love with my best friend. What do I do?
My best friend and I have been best friends for years, after I rejected him. I never had any interest in him until after he got divorced. He was married for about ten months and I was the person who he vented to about his...
Dr. Jamie Turndorf aka Dr. Love: Healing Old Scars, Love Truly Never Dies
A self-proclaimed love doctor with an enviable love story of her own. A desire to help others transformed and in fact increased by personal loss. Science blended with spirituality, infused with an ardent and encouraging...
Are my parents verbally and emotionally abusing me/neglecting me?
So For as long as I can remember I've never had a real emotional attachment to my parents. When I was little and in elementary school grades were very important. Whenever I got a C on a test which was like really rare...
Was my childhood messed up, or, am I just imagining it?
Don't know where to start really. I just remember as a child, my mum never let me go to nursery or attend other children's birthday parties. I spent most of my days as a young child at my Gran's (thankfully) where she...
Let's face it, I'm in love with a guy who is just using me for sex & is talking with other girls, what are my choices?
I'm not going to give details, but basically I have been having sex with a guy who is not looking for a relationship right now ( we are 22) and I keep returning for sex even though I am well aware he won't fall for me no...
No emotional attachments?
Is it normal to never feel attraction on an emotional level with someone? I'm almost 19 years old and have gone out with people, but I feel incredibly detered by the fact that I never feel something for them. Sure they're...
Sternberg's Triangle- The True Love Triangle
How do you define love? How do you know if you are in love? There are as many ways to answer this question as there are stars in the sky. Psychologist, Robert Sternberg developed a theory that I believe best explains...
She's playing the field but still seems interested in me?
One of my friends made a move on me in September and after an initial fling which lasted 3 weeks she went cold on me. We slept together a few times and went out on a countryside walk together, It was perfect. But the cold...
Need advice on recently single guy I am into?
I'll give a quick back story since it is relevant in some ways. I've known this kid my entire life and he was technically a crush when I was younger since you can see the age gap. Not someone who I should take seriously...
Girlfriend and I had a tiff. She "saw" a guy once 7 days later. 10 days later she is willing to work on us. How do I get passed her kissing a guy?
Both of us are 50ish. I met her, she took my heart a year ago. She is Greek mostly raised in US. Has some very different outlooks on love, sex, etc as Europeans do. She and I get along near perfectly and we realized that...
5 Beliefs That Are Helpful to Assume Are Actual Facts
Arguing about beliefs is foolish as they are not based on objective reality and do not have an answer that is perfect enough to defend. However, there are some beliefs that no matter how true or untrue in fact are highly...
Attachment Styles Part 2: Anxious/Avoidant Attachment And Dismissive/Avoidant Attachment
Attachment Styles Part 1: Secure Attachment and Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment Anxious/Avoidant Attachment How is Anxious/Avoidant Attachment attained? The parents of children with an anxious/avoidant attachment are...
I have a fear of intimacy. Is this something I can overcome by myself?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-freedom-change/201504/fear-intimacy-and-closeness-in-relationships If you don't want to read the article you can skim this. Attachment theory: all children have a natural need...
I'm still close friends with my ex, the guy I am currently dating dosnt like that, where should my loyalty be?
My ex and I dated for about 2 years but it wasn't a great relationship we both met when we needed someone the most, we argued almost everyday, but attachment kept us togther. I ended the relationship, we didn't speak for...
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