Monday, February 11, 2008

Freud's Thoughts on Love

Did you know Freud's view of love? He defines love "as the infinitely complex ways in which the sexual drives of the body are played out in the mind...the very thing we know and don't want to know. Love is the most basic and inescapable way in which I (re)appear."

A quick explanation of what this means:
Freud believes that love is that person who you think of at random throughout your day. You know, when you see a funny commerical and you think - that reminds me of X.

This idea that love is the person who pops into your head randomly is rather interesting. According to Freud, this love steams from the sexual and becomes a concrete part of your thoughts.

If this were true then I would come to the conclusion that love can come and go...although, I personally think that love is unconditional and either I LOVE you or I don't...get it?




My WTF of the day:
Me: "I don't date divorced men, sorry."
Him: "Well, I'm not divorced yet..."