Look again at the first part of the article. The premise of their argument is that when we fall in love with someone who doesn’t treat us well or reciprocate, etc., that’s when we’re lying to ourselves. Their strategy isn’t to deceive yourself but (generally, with some exceptions) to try to face the truth more completely and more honestly than before. The think that’s a remedy based on truth because lovesickness or infatuation entails a sort of self-deception.
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