Resources on Longing

C.S. Lewis on Longing

https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/09/03/c-s-lewis-longing/?mc_cid=1447853901&mc_eid=49af02a40f

Articles on love (or relationship) addiction

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-second-noble-truth/201407/youre-not-in-love-youre-addicted

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/201902/what-is-love-addiction

https://glynissherwood.com/what-is-relationship-addiction/

https://glynissherwood.com/how-to-overcome-dating-an-emotionally-unavailable-person/

https://www.marriagetrac.com/addicted-to-love/

Articles on longing and online dating

https://networkconference.netstudies.org/2020Curtin/2020/05/21/online-dating-encouraging-users-to-depict-and-enhance-their-physical-appearance-online/

https://greatist.com/connect/expecting-perfection-on-dating-apps#Our-dating-mindset-can-be-incognito-self-sabotage-

https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/2021/12/13/22811994/vox-conversations-paul-bloom-the-sweet-spot

https://www.bustle.com/p/what-happens-in-your-brain-when-you-get-a-match-on-a-dating-app-18735535

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/dating-in-the-digital-age/202202/why-more-isn-t-always-better-in-online-dating

Articles on our brain on grief related to romantic heartbreak

https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/why-heartbreak-getting-dumped-feel-so-bad.html

https://prolongedgrief.columbia.edu/for-the-public/complicated-grief-public/overview/

https://maryfrancesoconnor.org/ysl-scale (click on the romantic break-up version)

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/this_is_your_brain_on_heartbreak

https://whatsyourgrief.com/ambiguous-grief-grieving-someone-who-is-still-alive/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-recover-from-romantic-heartbreak/?fbclid=IwAR3sTlYGxv7DvqZasf2S_x84oa5WahZJTBiaA8nl6CEyayOPliQYqtvWQXI

Books related to longing

Hold Me Tight: Seven conversations for a lifetime of love by Dr. Sue Johnson

Attached: The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find—and keep—love  by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

Appetites by Caroline Knapp

Unrequited: The thinking woman’s guide to romantic obsession by Lisa Phillips

The Joy of Intimacy: A soulful guide to love, sexuality and marriage by Rabbi Mannis Friedman

The Craving Mind: From cigarettes to smartphones to love—why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits by Judson Brewer

 

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