Unrequited love Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Unrequited love is love is that is not reciprocated, even though the reciprocation is desired. This can lead to feelings such as depression, anxiety, and mood swings such as swift changes between depression and euphoria.Unrequited love could be described as the opposite of agape (unconditional love). Therefore this love cannot be indefinitely sustained by the lover. Unrequited love ends when the lover receives reciprocation from the loved (consummation), develops less positive feelings for the loved (starvation), or channels his feelings towards another, more reciprocative, object (transformation).
Unrequited love can also result in obsessive behavior or transform into hostility to the object of desire, leading to behavior such as stalking.