Infatuation

Infatuation is the psychological state of being strongly attracted to another person.

Infatuation is the psychological state of being strongly attracted to another person.

Ideas

Frank D. Cox

Psychologist Frank D. Cox said that infatuation was different from romantic love as infatuation did not always lead to an intimate relationship.[1]

Andrew Goldstein and Marianne Brandon

Dr. Andrew Goldstein and clinical psychologist Marianne Brandon described infatuation as the first stage of a relationship becoming mature intimacy.[2]

Temi Adebowale

In journalist Temi Adebowale's view, while love is "a warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion to another person", infatuation is "a feeling of foolish or obsessively strong love for, admiration for, or interest in someone or something", a shallower "honeymoon phase" in a relationship.[3]

Ian Kerner

Ian Kerner, a sex therapist, stated that infatuation usually occurred at the beginning of a relationship, which is[3]

[m]arked by a sense of excitement and euphoria, and it's often accompanied by lust and a feeling of newness and rapid expansion with a person.

Types

Three types of infatuation have been identified. The first type is classified as being[4]

[c]arried away, without insight or proper evaluative judgement, by blind desire.


The second type being[4]

[c]ompelled by a desire or craving over which the agent has no control [...] may well be sound although the craving or love remains unaffected by it.

The third being[4]

[t]he agent who exhibits bad judgement and misevaluation for reasons such as ignorance or recklessness.

Intellectual infatuations

Infatuations are not limited to humans. They may involve ideas, objects or activities:[5]

Men are always falling in love with other [...] with their war heroes and sport heroes.

References

  1. ↑ Frank D. Cox, Human Intimacy (2008) p. 72.
  2. ↑ A. Goldstein and M. Brandon, Reclaiming Desire (2009) p. 232.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Adebowale, Temi (28 June 2019). "What's the Difference Between Love and Infatuation?". www.menshealth.com. Men's Health. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Robert Brown (1987), Analyzing Love. Cambridge University Press, p. 38. ISBN 0-521-34038-1.
  5. ↑
    • Ernest Jones, The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud (Penguin 1964) p. 328.
    • Peter Gay, Freud: A Life for Our Time (London 1989) p. 204.
    • Anthony stevens, Jung (Oxford 1994) p. 12.
    • Frank McLynn, Carl Gustav Jung (London 1996) p. 157.
    • Carol O'Connell, Flight of the Stone Angel (London 1997) p. 74.

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