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I Don't Believe In Love

I've grown to believe "love" is bull shit. It doesn't exist. I have never seen any evidence that it does. I grew up being told the lie that I was loved when in fact I wasn't even liked. Anyone can say they "love" someone but that doesn't mean a damn thing. And I also feel like people throw that word around carelessly so they can get away with doing dumb shit. I can't fathom how a four-letter word, that doesn't exist, runs peoples lives. It's all fairytale wishes, Disney dreams, and movie cliches that seem to delude people into thinking that something so ridiculous actually exists.

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Jouskan47

I think this is trouble with blanket statements - love exists in a variety of forms, we can even see it in brain chemistry. But the idea of love as an abstract comment is one that is hard to pin down.

Disney movies portray it as some be-all and end-all force that every human being must obtain in order to be complete. How else are you going to sell all the goods?

I don't think love is great mystery power that lies in the soul and forever binds us in happiness - instead it far more subtle and can take on many different forms. We may have love for those that we have invested our time in - friends who share in our troubles or that which we nurture. Love does not absolutely exist in the romantic sense.

Whatever form it takes, to fully appreciate what love is you may want to think on why that which exists in your self wpuld want from others, and thereby how it connects to you. A great deal of love may be in our own wants and desires, before we are able to recognise it in others

I am sorry if this response does not meet your views as they are now. But it may also be worth thinking about

Poeticdiva · 31-35, F

@Jouskan47 I mean everyone's opinion counts. I was talking about love altogether, not just romance. I, myself, am unable to feel love towards anyone. Whether my friends or family, I can't feel anything about any of them. I've been told by both family and friends and it always proved to be lies which is why its now something I'm glad I don't have in my life.

Jouskan47

I understand - I have had people in my life who have said the same. What I've written above ia largely what I wished I had told them at the time. There may come a time when you regret feeling as you do - either from guilt or regret. I've felt the same numbness towards people close to me before. This may be all the more reason to invest time into thinking about it.

I don't think you would have written what you did if you didn't recognise something that you want to address. Perhaps you can find an answer in your own time - but it would necessitate timw on your own part regardless.

If what I wrote doesn't prove useful, then move on from it. Whatever kind of live you may find (or not) will always begin wirh what you want - start there. If it doesn't lie with those in tour life as of now, then you may need to find another path forwards.

All of thia couls be useless sentiment and words in my part, but please take it into consideration

Poeticdiva · 31-35, F

@Jouskan47 Thanks for the comments. I will take some time to consider it.

Jouskan47

Thabks for enduring my ramblings😅. All the best