Unrequited love is a strong admiration, ingrained deep inside, for someone who does not feel the same way about you . Those suffering with this mental torment
will go on for weeks, months or even years hoping, bargaining, praying and fantasizing of the moment when their beloved
will one day change their mind and reciprocate their feelings. This intense yearning and passion may cause frustration, anger,
anxiety, shame and deep depression. These feelings are compounded if the sufferer was also rejected by the object of their affections. It could cause the sufferer to stay in
bed for hours, call in sick for work, have anxiety attacks or even be in a cloudy haze from
time-to-
time. Furthermore, ...would've, should've, could've scenarios may play over-and-over again in the sufferer'
s mind along with scenes of desirable end-results. Over
time, healing comes when the sufferer discovers how to
love and truly know oneself and realizing that they are in control and ultimately responsible for their own state of mind and being. The feelings of hopelessness and loss are only temporary and are actually false. However, it may take the suffer a substantial amount of
time to realize this.
We could be the most amazing couple in the
world! Unfortunately, my affections for him/her were not reciprocated which lead to unrequited
love. I held a greater
value of the idea of a partnership than they did, and now I am left with feelings of hopelessness and yearning :-(
