Infatuation

Infatuation is an almost irrational obsession or passion in someone else. If you get a crush on someone it can also be described as infatuation. Infatuation is the feeling that you have when you suddenly like someone. These feelings of infatuation can include anxiety, excitement and a sense of urgency. Infatuation is often associated with teenagers but it can happen to anyone. Infatuation may seem like a happy emotion at the time but it quickly fades away.

Infatuation is much different than love. Infatuation starts as an obsession where you can't seem to stop thinking about the other person. Infatuation also includes a feeling that you must act on your feelings immediately. Love, however, can start more slowly. Love is based on reality and getting to know someone. Infatuation can happen without knowing someone very well or at all.

Infatuation is a temporary feeling that may go away as quickly as it started. Feelings of infatuation may linger until you start to know the person more and may start to come back to reality. Infatuation is based on a fantasy or what you want to see in the other person as opposed to what is actually there. Once you start to see the real person your infatuation may fade.

Infatuation is usually present most often in those who are seeking to fill a void in their emotional life. The infatuation gives you something to immediately turn your attention to and to focus on. Infatuations typically take up much of your time in obsessing about the other person.

For many people infatuation gets them into relationships quickly. Once the infatuation passes the person is left with a void and so promptly moves on to find another relationship. Infatuation can cause people to have many superficial relationships but not any deep-rooted ones.