is romantic love an illusion? [video]

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emma chamberlain

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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[video available on spotify] is it just me, or is it starting to feel like romantic love is an illusion? i'm starting to question the concept of romantic love and what that experience is for us as humans because of my own life experiences, but also because the statistics are pretty damning. according to the american psychological association, approximately 40 to 50% of first marriages end in divorce. it's so fascinating to me that something so fundamental to human life seems destined to fail. as i'm maturing and facing these realities, i can't help but ask the question, why? and my brain immediately goes to, well, romantic love must just be an illusion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is it just me or is starting to feel like romantic love is just an illusion?
0:07.9	It's not real. It's in our imaginations. It's just all a dream. And once we wake up, it's all over. We don't want to wake
0:18.6	up from this dream, but we have to eventually. Romantic love is just an illusion illusion if you're in love romantically it's
0:25.2	because you're delusional wake up is it just me or is it starting to feel that way listen
0:32.1	I'm not trying to be a pessimist at all.
0:35.8	In fact, I'm actually in a really good mood today.
0:38.6	It's Friday when I'm recording this, T GIF, so I'm actually in a really good mood, but I'm just being real, okay?
0:45.0	At least in my silly little brain, it's starting to feel like romantic love is not a real thing,
0:52.0	okay? And I'm not... Romantic love is not a real thing. Okay?
0:54.0	And I'm not just saying this with no statistics to back it up.
0:58.0	According to the American Psychological Association,
1:01.0	approximately 40 to 50 percent of first marriages end in divorce.
1:06.4	The divorce rate for second marriages is even higher, with approximately 60 to 67 percent
1:12.3	of second marriages ending in divorce.
1:15.8	Beyond that statistic, though,
1:18.0	it just feels like romantic love is destined to fail.
1:22.0	Like everywhere we look we see people cheating on each other.
1:26.2	We see people breaking up. We see people getting a divorce.
1:29.8	We see people going on dates and it not working out.
1:34.0	We personally experience bad dates, breakups, divorces, cheating.
1:43.7	It's everywhere we look.
1:45.9	It can be a little disheartening.
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