So, our crushes often exist to tell us what we are looking for within ourselves. They tell us where our ambition is pointing. And that's quite useful. Because if you don't think you know what you want, or where you want to go, or what you want to do, or what you want to be more of, just look at your crushes:

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Crushes can be more about projection than attraction.

Hallstrom-Conkright emphasizes that we often project a series of valued attributes onto an individual and then attach strong positive feelings to the image we created. Projections can be complicated and irrational, and the feelings resulting from these projections can be quite dramatic. She adds ... See more

Are you confusing infatuation with love? Infatuation is a projection of needs and idealized fantasies onto a person that have little to do with who that person really is. Many times people come up with a kind of person who symbolizes a lot of things that they need or idealize and feel that they are falling in love with someone when in reality it is

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