Sometimes a couple's separation has only one reason. We weren't meant for each other. It is a phrase that is often used when loves that were thought to be true turn into nothing. Jed Diamond, a renowned psychologist, has come to a conclusion after 40 years of clinical research that most people actually manage to find true love in their lives. But the problem is that they can't make it through all five stages of love, and generally only get to the third. Here are what they are.
1. To fall in love
Falling in love is the stage when you see yourself living in a cloud of happy hormones. It is the time when you project all your wishes and hopes onto your partner. He/she quickly becomes the ideal person; there is no defect in your eyes. You believe that he/she will always be able to fulfill every wish, and you believe every word he says. Believing in true love makes you not listen to any skeptical voice at this moment.
2. To become a couple
At this stage love becomes stronger. You start getting to know each other better and your presence starts to have an effect on all aspects of your partner's life. This is the time of togetherness and happiness. At a certain point, after months or years of cohabitation, this phase can be accompanied by the birth of a child, which only strengthens the bond between you. You feel protected and wanted. And, believe that you have finally found the man for you - that your relationship was decided by fate.
3. Disappointment
This is the period when your hopes begin to crumble. The moment when it feels like your feelings might disappear, never to return. Your partner seems unpredictable and his behavior annoys you in different ways. You start to feel like you're going to break up with him or you tell yourself that he's not the right man for you. It seems that there is no reason to torture yourself and your partner in a relationship that has no future.
4. To create a true and lasting love
If you close your eyes and try to overcome all the obstacles in your relationship, you can reach this stage. Your mind is now free from the illusions that you projected onto your partner in the preceding stages. The person standing in front of you is not who you imagined you would be, but is a real person. You accept them, and what is most important, you understand his flaws, writes Shqip. Now is the time to heal and move on to the next phase.
5. To use the power of two people to change the world
Now that you've realized that you've learned to overcome differences and find a deep, strong, lasting connection, you'll come to an even more liberating conclusion: that you both have the power to change something in this world. You will not live together just for each other's sake, but you will live as a couple for the sake of a greater cause. It could be working together, writing together, creating something together – it could be anything. But only when you start functioning as a single, having passed all the previous stages can you say with 100 percent certainty: yes, this man is for me.