More examples of emotional confusions
§1. Love being confused for: 1) neediness 2) fantasizing about someone 3) desiring to possess 4) fawning over
All of those things are forms of self-obsession masquerading as love. As such, the kind of "relationship" that emerges involves two self-obsessed people being angry that they do not get what they want, and two people who do not actually pay attention to the other. Dating is particularly obvious in that regard, when for instance a man thinks to himself: "Oh my god, I'm so afraid about what will she think of me!", and becomes obsessed with impressing the woman in front of him, instead of first seeing if they're worth impressing in the first place.
Because Love is the most unselfish thing you could embody, and because our world is built on selfishness, it shouldn't be too surprising that the typical views on love in media are completely distorted.
§2. Some other great examples from the Apocalypedia entry 'dissimulation':
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2024-07-22