How important is it to feel loved? Can a person get along without it?

Answer 1

You can survive without love, but it isn't a life I would want to live. I have been terribly alone through many parts of my life, during these times I could swear that places such as food courts in malls were the loneliest places on earth. How can you be surrounded by so many people and still feel so alone? When you don't feel that you have love.
If you are alone right now, I want you to know you'll be okay. This is not a permanent situation. I don't know the details, but I do know that life is change. You are worthy of love, and change will bring it into your life.
But, most important of all, you don't have to live without love even if you are alone right now. You have yourself, the only permanent for any of us is ourself, so try to learn to love yourself. What does it mean to love yourself? It means respecting yourself, taking care of yourself, and recognizing what makes you special. I know this sounds kinda "la la la", but it's so true. If you can love yourself, you will be open to being loved by others. Loved by friends, family, and eventually that special someone.
I think a person can live without external love for a period of time without it being a bad thing, it can even help to make you stronger, but eventually it is something I think you need. It makes life more fufilling, and gives you reasons beyond yourself to take joy in life. I hope that you find love.

Answer 2

Reo.. Sounds like you are feeling unloved these days.

Truth is you are loved.. you just may not realize it yet.

This may not be what you want to hear... but take a moment to hear me out.

First... there really is a God.. The one true God
For GOD so loved the world (YOU) that He sent his only son, Jesus just for you... Yes..if you were the only one out there he would have done it FOR YOU.
Okay..so what does this mean and how does it matter?
Well we are all in the same boat drifting along, we all do wrong... murder, lie, cheat... screw other peoples wives etc.. Yeah you heard me.. call it adultery. In Gods eyes there is no difference. We are all called "sinners"
So what is so important about Jesus?
Since we ALL fall short, God made away for us to be in direct contact with him and to be forgiven once and for all. Back in the olden days.. People would sacrifice sheep and poured the blood on an alter to atone or be forgiven. It did the job... but only temporally. Jesus (the lamb of God) was sacrificed on a cross his blood was shed once as a lasting covering and forgiveness for all the things you have or ever will screw up. He was raised from the dead, “He IS ALIVE” and he is the way… the only way.
Sounds like Religion... yep... but the truth is what Jesus did is about "Relationship"
He Loves you...right now... just the way you are!

Find a bible believing, Sprit filled church and you'll never feel un-loved again.
Where? Try looking for full gospel, Assemblies of God, Interdenominational, or charismatic churches in the phone book. Then I challenge you to go

Answer 3

It is important to feel loved by your family and friends, and definitely by yourself, but that's about it. Plenty of people are getting along just fine without romantic love. There are more important things to worry about.

Answer 4

No you can't get along without it and live a happy, content life. I grew up very skeptical of people because I got hurt a lot (sexually and mentally abused as a child). And until this year, I believed that no one had ever really loved me. But what I found was that due to my skepticism, I never let anyone get close to me. And a lot of people have loved me over the years. I have trouble loving other people and showing them I love them. I tend to shut them out.

Answer 5

Very important. Now this is going to sound blah, but loving yourself is the most important thing. loving yourself doesnt mean arrogant over confidence. just thinking that you're an alright person, with good ways.

Answer 6

Do you think you can get along without love? Of course there are different kinds of love. Consider the kind of love you mean and ask yourself that question again.

Answer 7

Feeling loved is very important to me but if i had to go without i could but who would want too?

Answer 8

Its very important to feel loved whether its from family, friends, or sexual partners.

People that don't have a connect to others that make them feel valuable, special, desirable, and that they are a good person... are more likely to turn evil. When someone feels completely isolated and alone they can succumb to fear and thoughs of being worthless.

This then becomes anger and bitterness at society in general, which creates an environment that makes it difficult to connect with other people. This anger and bitterness only makes things worse since it further isolates them from people they already know. No one wants to be around someone thats angry, miserable, bitter, and who's attitude is one that continously attacks the happiness of others or instigates conflict.

This increased isolation turns that anger into hatred as the person starts to see others around him as looking down on them, wanting something from him, or that they some how see him as less than human an unworthy of their time and caring.

This hatred makes the person not want to connect with others and he sees people as tools to get what he wants. They will use people for sex, money, or other resources to fufill all their needs except the one thing they don't have, the feeling of being loved and cared about. Even if another person did every thing they could to prove their love, a person this isolated will never believe them.

In time the inability to connect with others takes its final toll and starts making the person see others as less than human. Living playthings to do with as he pleases regardless of what the world thinks. These are the criminals that see no value in other peoples lives willing to mame and kill during their crime, the serial murders that see people as only animals to be hunted down, slaughtered and butchered into peices, and the rapist that see defenseless people (mainly women and children) as nothing more than living sex toys to be used for their pleasure.

Without the feeling of being loved, people become monsters.

Answer 9

Its way up there!!!! and NO! you can't get along without the feeling of being loved.

Check out Maslow's law of heirarchy. He based our basic human needs on different levels i.e. food, shelter, clothing. security(community), love e.t.c

Unfortunately, you can't rely on people to love you all the time. Afterall we don't love others all the time ( or at least act loving)

NOW! Thats when you turn to Jesus. He is perfect love (perfect love cast out all fear)

Try reading the "purpose driven life" by Rick Warren

Good luck :)

Answer 10

for a baby,love is as important as food for a decent development. We all know babies who lost their parents are a high percent of serial killers and mental patients. :)

So i guess, this need to be loved to maintain a proper state of mind and body is not as critical as when we were babies but it sure doesnt totally disappear.

Someone around loving you makes you feel valid and usefull. Otherwise you'll start to ask about the sense in everything and get sevearally depressed in no time.