The first condition for a proper understanding of this thesis is the distinction between infatuation and love, followed by knowledge about the concept of infatuation. The idea is that this is a social phenomenon of Western culture “everybody” is longing for. Since infatuation is about idealisation and projection of own ideal concepts of a partner to the object of infatuation, we think that this is a process of self-destruction. We convince ourselves about the existence of a fairy-tale, which is not even close to reality. When we find out that it was all our fiction, this leads to deep disappointment,. This leads to suffering with us as the source of its cause. We will thoroughly discuss infatuation in general, its origin, what makes us fall in love, how long it lasts, where does it lead, why we are falling in love and how this process can be prevented.
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