HealthLinksSC.com | 17 “The feelings can mimic what love is, but, typically, without some passage of time, love at first sight is better described as attraction at first sight,” said Mike McCall, senior instructor of psychology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. “Love at first sight can feel like love at that moment, but is it the same thing as love? Is it going to be a long-standing attachment? Is it something that’s going to be returned?” Trying to equate real-life claims of love at first sight to marriage, divorce and breakups in general make the idea even more puzzling. Dr. Susan Albers, a psychologist with the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, reported in February 2023 in an online article for the clinic that “[o]ver 60% of individuals indicate that they have felt love at first sight at one point in their life.” She explained that there are three components to true love: intimacy, passion and commitment. “Love at first sight is only one aspect of the triangle, which is passion,” she said in the article. “If you think you are experiencing love at first sight, it’s important to pause and make sure it’s going to be a lasting connection.”
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