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Why do some people need to feel "passion"?


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Is this just a fundamental personality trait? That some people crave and need the feelings of excitement and infatuation to feel like they are "in love"?

 

I have definitely felt this way about people... when I was much, much younger. These days, I cherish the feelings of steadfast adoration and loving stability.

 

Yet, it seems this is why people have affairs, cheat, etc -- they apparently meet someone who makes them feel "alive."

 

I wonder why this happens. To me, it seems like it's some sort of need for validation? Or is it just a base human need to feel this way?

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Is this just a fundamental personality trait? That some people crave and need the feelings of excitement and infatuation to feel like they are "in love"?

 

I wouldn't put passion and feeling in love in the same box as excitement and infatuation.

 

Are you asking specifically about the new relationship type of rush? Or someone holding out for a partner they feel passion and "in love" with? I feel the latter for my H of many years, and wouldn't marry for less.

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I wouldn't put passion and feeling in love in the same box as excitement and infatuation.

 

You know what?, you make a very good point there. I always assumed that they were one in the same, but now I think about it, it's the latter that causes me to roll my eyes, not the former. Thank you for that :)

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