Talzoya
Of Lovers, Lonely Hearst, and the Psychotic Spell Called Falling in Love is born out of an introspective effort. I am a physicist by education and consider myself to be a reasonably rational person. When it comes to my intimate life, I take an active role in selecting and engaging the mates I wish to date or be in a relationship with. For me, it is all about good sex and good companionship. I knew by my midteens that I never wanted to marry or have children. This view has not changed in the more than two-and-a-half decades that followed. It is as much an enduring characteristic of mine as the color of my eyes. I fell in love for the first—and only—time in my life several years ago. Once I came out of it—by which I mean once I entered stage four of the psychodynamic model of falling in love, which is presented in this book—analytically minded as I am, I became obsessed with wanting to understand what had happened to me. The fact that I had never regarded myself as a romantic person made this quest all the more important.
I am highly sexual and adventurous, but not particularly romantic. I have always been an avid reader of both fiction and nonfiction books, as well as peer-reviewed scientific publications. I built my model through patient self-observation and the understanding that I gained from my readings over the course of the few years that followed. My goal in writing this book is to help others who are currently in love, or who have fallen out of it, to better understand this special personal experience. More importantly, I want to help them to get a better grasp of the reasons for the life-altering decisions they may have made as a direct result of being in love.
I am highly sexual and adventurous, but not particularly romantic. I have always been an avid reader of both fiction and nonfiction books, as well as peer-reviewed scientific publications. I built my model through patient self-observation and the understanding that I gained from my readings over the course of the few years that followed. My goal in writing this book is to help others who are currently in love, or who have fallen out of it, to better understand this special personal experience. More importantly, I want to help them to get a better grasp of the reasons for the life-altering decisions they may have made as a direct result of being in love.
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