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When we question our capacity for lasting love

I love my partner but I'm not sure I'm capable of the kind of committed love they want, and I don't know if I should stay and try or leave before I hurt them more.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Self-knowledge about our limitations in love requires choosing between protective honesty and hopeful commitment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Falling in love — the neuroscience and the phenomenology?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.