How to Crush Without Being Crushed
The Art of Relationships, Real and Imagined
For those who have loved and lost, as oh so many have, there’s often talk of “trying to find that feeling again” or being worried that “there won’t be anyone like him again”. Talk like that is, realistically speaking, useless. We are different every minute of the day–always changing based on internal and external stimuli. [...]
While this isn’t directly tied to what normally gets discussed here, I think it serves as a fantastic reminder that our emotions and our bodies are firmly linked together in ways we don’t always expect. Far too often, that’s a fact we forget as we get caught up in the moment–be it an emotional one [...]
All of our past is viewed through the filter of our present. That filter is imperfect. Memories fade and change in unknown ways. They blend together and are reinterpreted every time we visit them. Through repitition, some bits become more vivid than other–regardless of their accuracy. This is all doubly true when our emotional lives [...]