Okay, we all know that human beings need to be loved, but why is that?

Answer 1

I think we instinctually need love. While we all like to believe that we control our own minds, there is definitely some instinct still at work.

We are a social animal and as such need that social contact or else we self-destruct. All of the murderers and psychopaths in our society had horrible childhoods. This lack of love and support during their youth created the disconnect that they had with society.

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Troy

Answer 2

It has been scientifically proven that children and animals do thrive better and are well-adjusted to their enviroment when they are cuddled and given affection.

If you look at children who are neglected, they represent the majority of bullies, criminals, etc. They have a need to be loved and made to feel important, but that need was never met in their lives. They grow up and take it out on society because they do not know how to express the anger, the loneliness and frustration that is eating them out on the inside. They act out negatively and try to show the world they are tough and don't need anyone but it is all a sham. If we can get them to open up and tell how they truly feel, we will understand their pain which is overshadowed by their cynical attitudes.

Love is the essence of all beauty and the peace that abides within all of us. Without another person to share feelings, thoughts, even argue with - though without animosity - one cannot have a truly happy life. It's the interaction that brings about the deep emotions, the joy, the happiness. That's what gives us a desire to get up tomorrow - there is someone or something out there, outside of ourselves who/which we are happy to see and love.

It's the reason many of the aged have pets which represent lost loved ones who they can no longer hug and tell all the sweet things they once did.. It is not that the pet can actually replace that lost loved one, but merely that hugging and taking care of that animal or bird or whatever, gives that person a sense of place; reassurance that they still have value to something. Some people take others to live in their homes just to hear another voice besides theirs.

Life without love is absolutely meaningless!

Answer 3

Biologically it's a necessity. For example, a newborn child that is held close to the mother frequently after birth has a more developed brain than a child who isn't. Literally the mother's affection and interaction with the child helps the child's brain to develop, specifically how the brain is 'wired' per se. It's sort of like children are houseplants and parental affection is water: You have to water your plants to make them healthy and strong. Incidentally, talk to any Child Protective Services agent and they'll tell you: Unfit parents who neglect or abuse their kids often raise children with more developmental disorders and learning disabilities.

Not that that's the only time human beings need love. Physical affection is still somewhat necessary for adults also, it reduces stress and triggers neurotransmitter like endorphins and serotonin that make people more emotionally stable. That's part of the theory as to why married people live longer: They are exposed to more physical intimacy. I'm not talking about sexual affection necessarily: This would also include being held, touching, etc. Incidentally I had a psychology professor who theorized that most marriages fail because of a lack of physical intimacy: Once that bond breaks down, so does the marriage.

Answer 4

It starts when an individuals soul leaves the realm of eternity and finds itself inside a living organism that is capable of recognizing that something awful has happened.That there is no way back to the core except through a perception of what they had prior to this intrusion.
It is why their is a belief system that we have found acceptable as humans, be it an organized one or not.
Even simple life forms have a commonality which is never trumped by the opposite. Look at the universe itself. An ever expanding tribute to a complexity that goes beyond what we can reason which leaves us to grasp at a meaning that has substance to it.

Answer 5

Did you remember how you were when you were a baby? Babies have incredible courage, the whole neighbood knows when they are hungry and the whole room lights up when they smile and babies will die if they dont get love. You were like that and we were all like that. God made us that way but as we grow older we learn to live without love but the truth is that we all human beings need to love and be loved to be happy in life. I read this in a book once.

Hope that helps. Good Luck!!!

Answer 6

It does depend partly on where we came from. If we evolved, love is an evolutionary advantage. Compared to most animals, we are surprisingly weak. We are slower and weaker than most animals. In the natural world, while we could survive by ourselves it would be almost impossible.

However, if we care for others and others care about us; we would stand a much better chance. A bear comes along and has his eye on one of us, the others in our group (who cared for that one) could gang up on the bear and (with the added help of tools like spears or swords that came from our intelligence) could effectively kill the predator. Thus rather than being one more short in terms of population another procreating member of humanity has survived and can add on to the population (through children).

If God created us than it is probably more along a moral grounds that we have love. God loves His creations and wants them to remain around, so He created us to want to keep each other around also. So we wouldn't be killing each other just for the reason that we can. That reason isn't currently valid because we have accepted evil into ourselves (in this scenario God created us free of evil but it was ruined by Satan and an Adam--meaning the first human, the names change from religion to religion but the basic fall is always the same). But the good ones (those who display love) will eventually be redeemed and restored to a life where everyone protects everyone else.

Essentially the need to love stems though more than anything from the need to survive. If we are loved we have protectors, if we love others we will protect them. If we combine to protect each other and back each other up, it is much more difficult to stop us (in fact, it is practically impossible to do so).

Answer 7

'need' is a strong word. we don't 'need' to be loved in order to survive. but we prefer to be loved; it helps us thrive!

babies 'need' physical attention, as well as moral support. many orphans (those institutionalized at an early age) either die or waste away b/c they lack attention. some babies born to abusive parents, and those who get locked up for years alone w/o any contact or little contact, shut out from the world, grow up w/o any social skills, provided they live long at all.

babies need to be nurtured, which is another term for love. w/o nurturing they don't develop socially, mentally and at times physically. they lose all hope; it's almost as if they don't want to live anymore. life bears no meaning for them. it's how the human psyche is set up.

on the other hand, the more positive attention and reinforcement a baby / child receives, the more apt he is to grow. his life takes on meaning, he looks forward to seeing his mother every day, he enjoy their interaction, he wants to live and learn and experience new things.

depressed babies have no desire to eat and that in turn slows the growth process, both physical and mental. no nourishment means brain can't grow and expand, which means body eventually gives up.

Answer 8

It should actually be, All human beings need to believe they are loved. Why is it this way? Because we are all told that this is how we should feel.

Answer 9

For the same reason that SEX feels so good. EVOLUTION!!

We want it because we need it to continue the species.
Love is created to keep the man and the woman together long enough to raise our children.

Answer 10

it's built in to our anatomy as we grow we learn and see from others and long to be needed so in turn feel it right for ourselves

not just socially but physical if a child is not held or loved as an infant it's body does not develop or well not develop as well as a counterpart who is...

So it's just part of nature really i mean don't you like to be hugged?