This is Part 2 of a series on narcissism. (Go to Part 1, Part 3) Part 1 of this series visited an astonishing psychoanalytic perspective that defines narcissism as a distortion of reality that, in its ...

I have had my share of loss in life—more than some and less than others. I have walked the long road of terminal illness with a parent and a best friend, ultimately losing them in death. This weekend, ...

Consider the popular idea that you need to love yourself first, before you can find love from others. It was set out in the German psychologist Erich Fromm’s book The Art of Loving in 1956 and has ...

Love doesn’t always follow the neat storylines we see in movies. Sometimes the most profound connections occur with people we simply cannot be with, whether due to timing, circumstances, geography, or ...

Poems and songs say love should be world-shattering. The logic of love addiction suggests that it shouldn’t. Credit...Illustrations by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sophie Haigney Recently an ...