Falling In Love Analysis
Allez provokes a reaction out of the readers by pointing out that narcissism is the problem. Generally, people do not like narcissistic people. Then, Allez counters herself by yanking another emotion out of the audience and that is sympathy. Those with obsessive fantasies base their love off of experiences of childhood, learned through the abusive relationship between father and mother, or family to siblings. I thought maybe I should not dismiss them as simple creeps when they are acting out on a traumatic upbringing. Allez’s purpose of bringing up that point is to have readers feel compassion for the stalker. Intensely formed attachment by narcissistic stalkers through false connections such as information found online, made up scenarios,
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“As newborn infants we can recognize our mother by her scent” (41). Fisher also highlights that a trigger of neurochemical in the brain and the lies between normal and abnormal blurs. Several types of stalk vary by the perpetrators' state of mind and their level of infatuation. Fisher describes how each situation calls for a lure of some kind. The section of “Falling in Love” talks about how the only thing someone thinks about when in love is their object of affection. Maddening thoughts repeatedly invades the mind on a daily basis, this could be the basic level of infatuation. However; the line between infatuation and obsession is thin because obsession is the dark, twisted version of infatuation. “Shyness, fear of rejection, anticipation, and longing for reciprocity were other central sensations of infatuation” (Fisher 40). Infatuation often gets misinterpreted as love because of the above feelings are the only overwhelming desires stalkers can have. Fisher stresses that there has to be one thing that can dominate over all things, and here she prioritizes odor over all attractions because of its toxicity. The depth of such infatuation can lead to violence once rejection plays its role on the stalker where it borderlines psychotic. Their victim can be hospitalized with broken bones, damages that will most certainly be painful. Stalkers are attracted to who they stalk because it was either an
“As newborn infants we can recognize our mother by her scent” (41). Fisher also highlights that a trigger of neurochemical in the brain and the lies between normal and abnormal blurs. Several types of stalk vary by the perpetrators' state of mind and their level of infatuation. Fisher describes how each situation calls for a lure of some kind. The section of “Falling in Love” talks about how the only thing someone thinks about when in love is their object of affection. Maddening thoughts repeatedly invades the mind on a daily basis, this could be the basic level of infatuation. However; the line between infatuation and obsession is thin because obsession is the dark, twisted version of infatuation. “Shyness, fear of rejection, anticipation, and longing for reciprocity were other central sensations of infatuation” (Fisher 40). Infatuation often gets misinterpreted as love because of the above feelings are the only overwhelming desires stalkers can have. Fisher stresses that there has to be one thing that can dominate over all things, and here she prioritizes odor over all attractions because of its toxicity. The depth of such infatuation can lead to violence once rejection plays its role on the stalker where it borderlines psychotic. Their victim can be hospitalized with broken bones, damages that will most certainly be painful. Stalkers are attracted to who they stalk because it was either an