Love

Love builds a child's self-esteem, narcs destroy their kids' self-esteem.redditLove is what makes a comfortable home out of light and shadows, heat and cold.
I think the answer is very nuanced. Love shouldn’t be treated as a blanket term because as individuals each of us defines what love means to them. Also there are many kinds of love, positive ones like platonic and romantic loves but also negative ones like possessive ones. We have this idealized version of selfless and unconditional love in our heads and it does exist but it’s not the only kind of love there is. You could say only the idealistic version counts as “true” love but who are we to gatekeep feelings? Humans are complicated. They can love you, or the idea of you but still harm and abuse you. To give you a personal answer, I think my parents loved the idea of me, the construct they build in their heads of how I’m supposed to turn out, but not the “real” me. They pretty much hated the real me. reddit
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Narcissist love; Toxic love; Neglectful love
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== Rhizomata ==
* Hate; Feeling; Emotion; Fury; Affection; Affect; Affectivity; Affectiveness; Disaffect; Encouraged; Disencouraged; Courage
* Tomberg on Love; Evola on Love; Guénon on Love.
*Cosmic love; Eros; Charity; One love; Lover; Lovingness; Loveless; Lovejoy; Fake love; Love songs; Love quotes
Category:Psychology
Category:Virtues
Category:Family