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Old Jun 18, 2020, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MsLady View Post
Emotional hunger came to mind again. Maybe this link may answer your question? It's a random link I found that differentiates between love and emotional hunger. I'm sure there are better sources out there..

Emotional Hunger Vs. Love | Psychology Today Canada

Edit: Emotional Hunger is not Love. How To Tell If Someone Is In Love With You — Or If They’re Just Emotionally Dependent. – SACAC Counselling
That’s an interesting comparison. Here is another article on the subject
Emotional Hunger Vs. Love | Psychology Today

I think it refers more to parent/child relationship but could be applied to romantic. In both cases I think when it’s love you put their needs fist (within reason) but when its emotional hunger we put our needs first and end up hurting other person, even though we might think we act out of love

What an interesting topic
Thanks for this!
Iloivar