i want to know the difference between obsession and love?
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Obsession (or I call it infactuation) is that feeling that you can't stop thinking about the other person.  You are constantly making up little scenarios about them.  When you are with them you feel intensely aware of every movement they make.\nAfter being together a long time the obsession fades.  It doesn't usually last longer than 2 yrs.  Once the obsession has faded, you are usually left with a sense of belonging with the person.  It feels natural and  it feels like you "fit together".  \n\nThis is love.
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Lust is a carnal desire, a fleshly thing, it fades with nuturing, satisfaction complete, move on.\n\nLove is more spiritual, not of the flesh, but of the mind, and it flourishes with nuturing!
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Brain activity isn't measure the same as the physical characteristics of the brain.  I can believe that brain activity for people in love might be the same as those with OCD, but I'm not sure that an MRI would be the way it would be measured.\n\nMy reason for agreeing with the concept??  When you are crazy in love, you are usually obsessed with the other person and often act compulsively.  It stands to reason that the same area of the brain would be in control of that.
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Hmmm... how do you describe the difference between a flashlight and the dawn to someone who has never seen before?\n\nThere are lots of misunderstandings about love... first off, infatuation and/or obsession isn't love.  Many people will make that mistake though.  You won't get a choice to turn love "on" or "off", your choices only extend to how you respond.  If you can honestly tell yourself that you would rather the other person be happy even if they aren't with you, then I would say that it is "true" love.  There is a lot of room for self deception here... If you find yourself getting jealous of other peoples attentions, then perhaps your insecurities are getting in the way - and you only have an infatuation.  \n\nBoth are powerful feelings, both can and do hurt, but getting jealous about somone else is like a kindergartener not wanting to share their toys... No one has the right to dictate another persons feelings, and it is irrational to think that we do.\n\nIts being love back that feels so good.  Best of luck to you.
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There is a very significant difference in lust and love.......  \nTo lust after someone is not to love them....  \nLOVE is a deep incomparable emotion, so maybe what you think is love is only lust...  \nBecause love will make a way  into the heart and soul of those it is given to...\nBUT love has to be parallel with trusting them as well....  To love someone means you know you can trust them in all your vulnerabilities and not be afraid to let your heart illuminate your deepest fears........... ♥\nBest wishes to you ♥
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I think the difference between lust and love is love is can't be without, not being able to live or do anything with your guy or gurl. Lust is the flesh, needing to be touched, and things of that nature. I think it's three levels. Like, lust, and love.
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any obsession is unhealthy. def'n of obsess: To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic. if its a true obsession, its not healthy.
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Well, love is different from affection. Affection is what you feel emotionally for the person. Love is something much deeper and special and couldn't just be given to anyone.
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When you care about something, your interest is from a mental aspect.  When you love something, your interest is from an emotional aspect.  You can care about a person and not love them, but if you love a person, you care about that person too.
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love is when you cant live w/ out that person in your life. they are the last thing you think of before you fall asleep and they are the first thing you think of when you wake up
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You can Love them sure, but they will NEVER love you the way you want them to.  The question doesn't really make sense you already Love them so HOW really isn't even in the equation, you just LOVE them or you don't, the question is...do you have enough respect for yourself and LOVE yourself more to move on or keep degrading yourself?  LOVE YOURSELF AND LOSE THE OBSESSION you "think" you LOVE
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love is an emotion that afects your way of thinking. it causes you to see thing from a whole new perespective and react to situations differently. you can really explain what love is or know what it is unless you experience it for yourself. when you're in love, you are willing to sacrifice anything for that person's happiness even if it means you can be with them.
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Love and lust are abstracts, meaning they are ideas and can differ from person to person. Below, is some of what the two mean to me:\n\nlust, is desire, hunger, wanting needing, even if that is wanting and needing to bring another pleasure because it brings the self pleasure, it is focus on ones own desire. \nlove focuses on one another. I say one another, because for me, one needs to have a view of their wants as well as the wants of the other because if they other loves back, then denying yourself could hurt the other, when one is only focused on being selfless, they can forget that the other might need them to not completely neglect themself, but if there is a healthy balance, then i think a healthy love can bloom. \n\nwow, i'm wondering if that even makes sense...\n\nBasically, i've known people who try to be completely selfless, and in doing so, they neglect the need of their lover who needs them to be emotionally healthy happy too, but they get so focused on being selfless, that they deny their love the security of knowing that their lovers lover is going to be healthy, happy, satisfied.\n\ni look forward to a delicious mix of the two :D\n\nhow do you tell them apart? what are their definitions to you? where do they differ in your own mind? finding those points of difference could help you tell one from the other, if for you there are differing aspects within your own mind.
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when love becomes obsession then there is a problem
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Love can be the best feeling in the world, or the worst.  I've experienced both.  But when two people are in love with eachother, they wanna spend the rest of their life with eachother.  Whenever they're together, their hearts are racing, and they're truely happy with life.  Love is committment, companionship, and so much more.  "love" is different then how you love your mom or dad or brother.  "love" is when you look at your love, and you realize every beautiful thing about them, and how much they've changed you for the better.  Whether we realize it or not, love changes us greatly, and usually it's positive changes.  But love can also lead to depression and a dreadful lonliness if it is not returned by the person you love.  There's a reason everybody has trouble getting over somebody they were truely in love with.
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Lust is when you let your body do the talking and after 30 minutes or so  you feel uncomfortable. Love is when you let your heart and spirit do the talking and after that you suddenly finds that it is the year 2056 and  still madly in love.
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love - exists between 2 individuals and is shared by both and  lasts a long time\n\nlust - purely sexual attraction, often no lasting relationship involved.\n\npuppy love - like love but is more immature and not likely to last\n\ncrush - desire is only felt by the person having the crush