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How can we overcome a fear of love?

Trillion Small · TED

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About

Irrational or not, love can feel really scary. But is it love itself that we fear? According to counselor Trillion Small, the stories we tell ourselves about negative dating experiences trigger hardwired survival instincts, keeping real connection at arms length. Through an exploration of the brain's processing system and her own dating mishaps, Small explains why negative emotions creep into our perceptions of love and maps an escape from this limiting feedback loop.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxSMUWomen
Speaker
Trillion Small
Year
2018
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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