Why “I Love You More Than You Know” Doesn’t Always Comfort You

Christyl Rivers, Phd.
5 min readMay 8, 2020
First kiss, Christyl Rivers

Some of us, maybe all of us, have experienced an anguishing, unrequited love.

It happens when you have your first crush. It happens when you have a relationship with someone who just isn’t that “into you.”

It happens when you are in a long-term relationship — even a marriage — with someone who just drifts away. It happens even when…

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Christyl Rivers, Phd.

Ecopsychologist, Writer, Farmer, Defender of reality, and Cat Castle Custodian.