Hug me tightly

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Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson… The Irish poet John Odorno wrote, “A great sense of loneliness and melancholy, like ice, attacks many men.” We now demand from our loved ones the emotional connection and sense of belonging that my grandmother would have received from an entire village. This is amplified by the celebration of romantic love fostered by our popular culture, such as the dramas in films and television series that bombard us with images of romantic love as the beginning and end of all relationships. It should therefore come as no surprise that people surveyed recently rank a fulfilling love relationship as a primary goal, ahead of financial success and a satisfying career. It has become essential to understand what love is, how to find it, and how to make it last. Fortunately, over the past two decades, an exciting and revolutionary new understanding of love has emerged, and we now know that love is, in fact, the pinnacle of evolution and the most compelling survival mechanism of the human race. Not because it drives us to mate and reproduce—for we can mate without love—but because it compels us to form emotional bonds with a precious few who offer us a safe haven from life's storms. Because love is our fortress, designed to provide the emotional protection that enables us to navigate the vicissitudes of existence, Sue Johnson wrote this book as a guide for married couples, engaged couples, and lovers, explaining her highly successful theory of emotion-centered therapy.