Can love be an obsession?

Some people constantly say, it is an obsession to constantly think of the one that you supposedly love. How can that be? Especially with people who were not in love before. When you are in love with someone, it excites the emotions to think about the one you love-which some people say is an obsession. I always think of the guy that I love. And I don't know his feelings about me yet, and I personally won't mind, as long as we are friends-but I always think about him. Love, basically is an obsession. I think the way the person you love, leads you to think about them in the way you do. When you are around the person alot, of are surrounded by them-you can't help but to have them in your mind. According to some answers, obsession is more involved with lust, but isn't lust, half the part of love?

Can love be an obsession?
When someone says "I LOVE HIM MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF", they have issues.
Reply:Oy.





Love is "That condition where the happiness of another person is essential to your own."





Obsession is a neurotic psychological diease.





"And I don't know his feelings about me yet..."





You're obsessed.





The problem comes when you find out that your fantasy world doesn't measure up to the reality.





Love is the reality.
Reply:Love is love. Obsession is obsession.
Reply:Remember that love, REAL LOVE, is something that is lasting, and doesn't depend on any selfish motive. What you are describing isn't really love, but an infatuation. These things come and go, but love lasts, and in fact is relatively moderate.





I can love someone without being dependent on them, and without having to think about them all the time. An infatuation on the other hand has the effect of actually wanting to do nothing else but think about the person you are currently in "love" with.





Love is not obsessive, because obsession is a negative effect. Infatuation can be obsessive for a time, but, eventually it will cease to have that effect on someone. Infatuations can become love, if it is a mutual thing, but, it does not always.
Reply:love can be an obsession but too much obsession leads to lust.. i feel the same way too ..
Reply:Being "in-love" or falling in love have qualities of an obsession but that feeling normally doesn't last long. Loving someone is very different. It takes effort, and deep soul searching. Some people think that after the falling in love period ends something is wrong with the relationship. This can lead to seeking that temporary feeling in a constant series of new relationships, sad but common.
Reply:Yes I ever know love by some people talk about like that: when you fall in love with someone and you always think love is very importance for you but when you don't like someone and they always try to make you love them but for your idea think that love is obsession so I think that love is good or bad is depend on your idea cause when you get it you say is good but if don't get you will think is bad for you.
Reply:To me, it is only an obsession when you constantly think of that person.. It's is not love when you all you do is think of that person everyday for 3months stright and on because then that becomes an obsession.. Love is somthing that you should treasure because it means that two people really love each other and think for one they love...... Lust has nothing to do w/ love, lust is only for sexual needs, not love...
Reply:Love is kind of an obsession but not how we understand the term "obsession" when in love you cant stop thinking about that person in a happy way because of LOVE when your obsessed you cant stop thinking about them in a serious way because of OBSESSION if you can understand where im coming from?