why can  I know if I'm in love or if it's just an obsession?
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Love IS obsession, and infatuation and so many more synonyms based around addiction.\nDo you:\nMiss sig other all the time?\nEven when with them?\nNever want them to leave?\n\nCould you be with them forever and no-one else?\nAre you terrifed of something happening to them?\nIf they were terribly mutilated in an accident would you \nstill need to be with them?\nWould you marry them tomorrow?\nIs your happiness entirely dependant on theirs?\nAre you prepared to die for them?\n\nEvaluate your feelings with worst-case scenarios.  If you stand by them maybe you do love them.  It's possible to love someone you're not with, but that's not always a good thing...
180064
No it's infatuation to the 9th power or worse, obsession
374489
Love is the only emotion that just...suddenly appears...and when your in it...it's holding you so close..so warm..like a security blanket.  When ur in love...you tend to try things you never thought you'd do...say and feel things that you've never felt before...so....perhaps love can be viewed as crazy...\nbut it's always a beautiful thing
664140
NO, YOU CANNOT ACHIEVE THE TWO AT THE SAME TIME. LOVE COMES BEFORE OBSESSION. LOVE COMES OUT OF PURE FEELING BUT OBSESSION COMES OUT OF GREED AND DESIRE TO CONTROL THE PARTNER TOTALLY. MAYBE LOVE SHOULD BE ABOUT LIBERTY AND FREEDOM TOO.
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Most of the time you have fallen in love with love as it relates to some individual and you think this person is perfect with out fl awes, even if that really is not the case. It may just seem like it to you...\nhope this helps some
271427
when you find yourself thinking about a person constantly .simply mentioning the person name brings a smile to your face then u know u are in love.
636917
When you find yourself constantly thinking about that person, when you get butterflies and are excited just to be near that person, when you cant wait to see him/her, when you dont want to be away from him/ her, when you sit by the phone waiting, when you feel sad cos they feel sad, when you would do anything to have that person with you, when you would do anything to make that person happy, when you would give your life for the sake of that person, then you know you are truly in love.\nOr maybe im just a hopeless romantic!
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O.K.sounds like you're obsessed.............If you really like somebody and if he LIKES YOU ALSO you should go for it thou..............call 'em but don't make him feel that you're trying to control 'em.........that's not right................Call 'em
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i dotn think you know. its just something you feel for a person youve never felt before. you have a different caring for that person. youll know when you know. remember theres a differnece in beng in love then crushing hard on someone to liking someone.
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Obsession is dangerous, Look at "Moby Dick".\n\nYou need to let him know that, although there are some wonderful feelings you still have for him (I assume that is the case), it just never worked out. It is time to let go and move on.\n\nIf it gets too weird, you may have to report his as a stalker.
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Maybe you fall in love with the idea of love.  You're probably an optimist (like me) and can recognize something lovable in a person in a short period of time. However, what time and experience will give you is the discernment to determine what kind of love it is or to what degree you love the person... whether it's an infatuation, a crush, a sexual attraction, a deep commitment.  My advise is to find out what you want out of a romantic love relationship first. Be clear on this and when the right person/right kind of love stares you in the face, you will recognize it.
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Just because you don't feel anything "extraordinary" when you seem him, doesn't mean that you're not in love. This is real life and the way you expect to feel is characteristic of movies and romance novels. Infatuation also makes you feel giddy when you see the person but there isn't a clear cut sign when you are really in love. You may feel very, very happy or nothing at all but as long as you know that you love this person, the absence of those cliched feelings shouldn;t bother you too much. You should know how you feel in your heart.
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They might be obsessed, but sometimes love is blind and you cant help feeling what you feel for that person even if your brain wants you to stop, is not easy at all.
126881
love and obsesion both mean you can't stop thinking abut somthing, but on two differentlevels.  obsession is you praise it, think it is togood for you, while  love is pure love, nothing can explain it.
813256
you can't tell that you are in love or not but time will tell you. give some time to yourself and everything will be clear itself. so dont worry and let you feelings come out and express .\ngood luck
570430
When you have an infatuation , you think you're in love . \nWhen you're in love , you don't know that you are , till it's too late .
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when u cant stop thinking about the guy you love, you cant sleep because you cant take ur mind off of him, when you wake up you are thinking about the guy, you think about the feelings you have that you didn't had before, you try to search for an explanation for what u are going trough but the true reason is that you are in love, pure and simple, you feel butterflies in your stomach and u like that feeling and hope it never ends. Love lifts us up when we are sad. \nI Hope this helped.