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Love is necessary to survive. If you think about it, everyone is loved. Even those who seem remotely or inwardly lost have love. Love is a subconcious feeling, manifesting itself outwardly when needed or felt. It is in the human instinct to love. Even if a person has no contact with the outside world or people for their entire life, love exists within that person. That person has self-love. Consider motherly love? I know probably none of you are mothers yet, but through my interactions and conversations with others, I have discovered (and many adults agree with me) that motherly love is probably the strongest emotion in a human being! Love is the force that drives existence. How can one survive without it? Ask yourself if there is anything in this world that has no love or does not love! Such a thing does not exist! The truth is, we all love and are loved to some extent, even if it's the smallest amount.  |
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by zparticus27
on 2007-06-13 23:13:18
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| people need to love and to be loved...why because loving someone is like accepting their existence in this world...what is a man if no one accepts his existance...what is he when no one knows he is alive and part of this world...and by love may it be in the form of friends or intimacy...destroys that loliness man has...it grants that person acceptance and his existence is realized |
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on 2007-06-13 23:25:33 |
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Nyah...Love is not needed for life or to be happy, although it helps. Love is a complicated emotion that can sometimes cause only grief rather then happiness or life. Some people kill themselves even when someone loves them, so it can't sustain life. It isn't water or food, it's a way of feeling and living but not a life. Some people can distance themselves completely from love and still be fully happy, while others need those attachments to live. It goes by the person, what their minds need to keep them sane, and how strong they are in the heart. I think one of the reasons we always try and believe we need it is a form of motivation. If we believe we can't live without it we will try harder to look for it under some warped desire to be happy and sane. They say if everyone loved more and hated less there would be no war, suicide or anything evil. But in actuality it can be one of the most harming forces on this world. Love started the war between troy and greece, it also causes countless disputes and fights. It can be as destructive as it is nurishing. Also the question isn't if we need love with other humans, no it's love in general. Some people can be in love with killing people right? So once again do we really need that kind of love? We really don't need love or anything that comes along with it, but I wouldn't exactly say we aren't better off for it.  |
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Psychological studies have showed somewhat conclusively that love, especially in the early childhood stages, is necessary to becoming a mentally and emotionally healthy/stable person.  |
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on 2007-06-24 22:28:50 |
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To surive in a phsyical state we do not need love as it does not provide us with food, shelter, or least of all water. On the base level to surive and live we do not need love. However moving above that base level which we as humans no longer ocupy, we do need love. Love is a two fold item. Love is an emoiton that we feel though our brains and effects us on all levels. However there is more to it than that. Love is also the choice we make as humans to accept a person for all they are. The one moment when we lower our defenses and share our space with in anohter. Love enduces the effects of not allowing us not think about anyone else but the people we love. It is because of love and the fact that we know people will miss us and that they do care that we can do anything.  |
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by loki_elric
on 2007-06-26 00:03:17
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._. we need companion, not to be alone...not love necessary  |
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on 2007-08-18 08:19:21 |
love is necessary for us, at least just love yourself can avoid suicide 
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If love is as in relationships, then it is an emotion. But love is needed for us to learn. As in universal love, the love for your family and all living things. Here it is not an emotion, but rather doing what is right |
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by bermudanwarrior
on 2007-08-19 06:50:29 (edited 2007-09-01 12:01:50)
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It's like money ^_^ Some need a lot, some don't. But without it we'll die. |
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on 2007-08-22 21:20:52 |
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I think we should distinguish between love and infatuation. The former is a trait which must be developed and the later is simply an emotion that is quick instinctive. If I say I love you (unconditionally). That would mean that I would sacrify my life for you because you are more important to me. If I am in love with you (which is a message that most movies try to convey) that mean I want to make out with you and be physically intimate. That doesn't necessarily mean I will give up my life for you. The closest thing to love in the animal world is the motherly love that the mother has toward her young. But you will NEVER see an animal sacrifies its life for another animal of the same species, let alone another species. This love is what make us (human) different. Now do we need it to survive. Why yes, of course, simply because that's what we are. Some might not exercise this ability but that doesn't mean it is not in all of us.  |
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by ohshc freak
on 2007-08-24 13:28:27
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This is a fairly interesting topic. Of course, being me, the first thing that's going to pop into my head is continuing our race. Love is not necessary to this, but if we didn't stick with one partner in the end (some people don't, I know) then STDs would be spread rapidfire (or at least, faster than they are now). It's probably just trust that made love get involved. I agree with Kadaj in the fact that we need companionship, but love isn't necessary. Living with a friend, family ect. fills the blank. But love is really human instinct, unless there's some person who lives in a cold corner all their life who doesn't know how to love (and should at least know what it is). Love is simply being close to someone. I think 'like' is 'love' toned down. ADDING NOW: ALL OF WHAT I SAY IS MY OPINION! EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINION, AND I RESPECT THAT WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE! |
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by
 
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Of Course.. We really need love.. coz love is given to us by God.. and That love is to be cherished and to be shared.. ^_^  |
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on 2007-08-28 19:48:50 (edited 2007-08-28 19:51:00)
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Do we really need love... Hmm... Well english isn't the best at describing somethings. For example (Not trying to bring religion into this, its an example)Jesus asks Peter, "Do you love me, Peter?" Three times. In the original text, each of those "Love"-words was a different expression of love(brotherly love, etc.) So... back to the actual question, do you humans really need love... Well I would say yes to Familial Love and also Passionate Love, such as you loving what you do for a living or something. Religious love also gives a driving force for many. I dunno about Romantic love though D= There I'm a little confuzzled myself. 
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I would think that if we didn't have love we wouldn't be able to survive... Because when you are feeling depressed the ones who love you cheer you up, and the really good ones love you no matter what. We sort of take that as a support that we lean on or a net that we can fall back on. I think that some people really take other's love for granted so they don't think that they need it... but the truth is that they do. Every kind of love is special in its own way, right? ^_^  |
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by
 
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*sighs* we all know that love is given to us T_T Loving means sacrificing... some say that if you're not loving yourself.. you won't know how to love... So.. we really do need love ( did you get that?) |
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all people need love if you say you don't need it, then you're lying |
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it depends to people who really need love but if you are being envy and selfish people would not give you a love.  |
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on 2007-09-04 01:18:34 |
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Why you think that we able to live without love. I guess that I enable to live and can stay here in a place I call ~comfortable~ cause, the environment where I kept here is fully filled with what we called "LOVE" I may unable to describe it correctly. But you can feel with emotion and mind, while you're protected, care, and hold. They are reflected love itself. I guess, when you say "I do able to live without love inside me," Then I'm gonna ask, are u sure ? Ahaha, well , I guess.. Love is the basic part we have and receive since we really came in this world ^^  |
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on 2007-09-05 17:19:57 |
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love is essential because with love comes social interaction. being social is essential to life. humans cannot live without being social. 
So I drove into a parking lot one time and saw this person pull into a handicap parking spot. When you think handicap, you think wheelchair and whatever, right? So it just ticked me off when I saw the guy come out of the car perfectly fine. So then I ran him over. |
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by
 
on 2007-09-05 17:24:49 |
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It actually isn't. Just remember the days when you were able to go on without anyone there. Like the childhood days. It depends from person to person though  |