want for love?

Apexus wrote:Well I was watching the LION KING this morning at school during a class party and as I watched the movie I don't know why but I felt at first as if something was missing. As I watched through the entire movie I felt a want for something that seemed like a want for love. Is this natural during teen years?

I'm 16, and I certainly have that very same want, we could be just a part of a small percentile that have this want, so I don't really know if this is normal, but I certainly get lonely alot, but its more than that, something that I can't quite put into words, so I'll use the same word as you have, 'love'.

But, this raises a point, at what age do we start looking for love? Or wanting. We certainly start wanting to breed on some level as soon as we hit puberty, but love? Intriguing . Its frustrating because I can't pinpoint when I first got this feeling.

I guess that we are born to love and be loved. We start looking for it as soon as we arrive - but don't realise it until later. In adolescence, as we are awakening to our sexual selves, we can really begin to feel it strongly - it is the drive which sets us on the search for a partner, after all. As my old auntie used to say, if everyone was satisfied with what mum and dad provided, no one would ever leave home and start new families!

Kathleen

Absolutely right Kathleen. The search for intimacy is universal. What do we mean by the word love? Is it physical attraction, a kind of unconditional sympathy? A feeling that you and your loved one are united in your aspirations, ideals and goals? Or a combination of these things and other things?

Like all basic human needs http://www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/emo ... ealth.html some people have a greater need for intimacy and personal connection than others. I am interested to know how other people define 'love.'

Mark.

Indeed. I have to say though this feeling has started to come up more often. I don't seem to have any sexual desires but more of a want for a close, personal relationship with another. Although there are many ways to describe "love" I believe it means somewhat what you see in drama movies. A man and woman falling deeply in love not through lust but more through the want for "one another." I'll try to go get some help on this from a psychologist, and thanks for the replies.