Post, PhD, president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love.
"When the happiness and security of another is as real and meaningful to us as our own, we love that person unconditionally," adds Stephen G. "It's a matter of extending our non-judgmental attention, acceptance, and caring toward a person without any expectation or hope of receiving anything back, or wanting them to change in order to meet our needs," says John Amodeo, PhD, author of Dancing with Fire: A Mindful Way to Loving Relationships and a licensed marriage and family therapist. Unconditional love basically means you’re not expecting anything in return. Read on to find out if love can really conquer all. Knowing the difference between the forms of love can help you find healthy connection, too.īelow, we asked experts to unpack what exactly unconditional love is-and whether it's actually doable. Couples who are falling for each other or have been happily married for decades often unwaveringly proclaim it. Countless romantic movies, poems, iconic songs, and bestselling novels are based on it. Parents laying eyes on their child for the first time will surely declare its existence. Regardless of the type, love can feel incredible. Learning the difference can be confusing, though, and it's important to know what kinds of love are healthy.
But there are actually different forms of love, including unconditional and conditional love. There might be no better feeling than that of loving-and being loved.
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