He had crushes on unattainable women and, if the woman he adored became attainable, he bolted. His greatest courtly love was for Charlotte Von Stein, a lady-in-waiting to the Duke’s mother ...

The weaker your ability to cope with the world, the stronger your desire for the unattainable. The severity of mental ill-health tends to be positively correlated with a tendency to fantasize. The ...

While unfulfilled love can be painful, it can also be revealing. By examining our patterns of desiring the unattainable, we may uncover hidden emotional needs, unresolved past experiences ...