The First Symptom Of Love Is Fear

The first symptom of love is fear because the prospect of vulnerability is terrifying.

Image by Alexandra Roman

The first symptom of love or perhaps falling in love, is fear. Fear, because you’re about to trust someone completely new — kind of like preparing to fall into a pit but you have no idea what’s in that pit really. It’s so messy and you get caught in the middle: “do i jump or do i run?”.