Do you think the ego is a barrier to love?

Question

Do you think the ego is a barrier to love?

Answer 1

Yes, there are People who have a Barrier in front so, as not to fall in Love with anyone.

Answer 2

I think that would depend on the couple.  One might need to see ego.  It is also possible that the non egotistic person could assist in calming down the egotistic person.

Depends on the value of love each has for one another.

Answer 3

I think every thing has at least two sides to it. The ego can be a barrier and it also can attract people to you. It also depends on how you use your ego. The ego itself is not a negative thing.

Answer 4

Do you know the ego is an action barrier to love?

Answer 5

totally... you cant let your self go coz you know you can become vulnerable to  some one else and if they go or every leave u become come left avoid of then so ego does let you fall so easy. unless they can break you down then you know their the one coz they have that ablity.

Answer 6

Our ego is the apparent reason for a barrier to love but the real force preventing love is the super ego or conceptual level of our training. We believe we need to maintain the cultural standards taught to us and even bred into others. The basic id would be loving often in social gatherings as an animal response . Because the super ego is restraining our desires with laws , punishment and social judgments the individual is ready to fight to prevent others who aren't socially so conditioned. We are ready to make a barrier to love until many pre-conditions are met. In fact these pre-conditions are so internalized we believe they are our true selves.

Answer 7

Ego is love...love of self, that is.  Pardon moi for my apparent selfishness, but without this self-love or self-appreciation, how can one truly know how to love another?  In my honest opinion, a healthy ego is an asset, not a barrier, to love.

(Note: I use the term "ego" in the colloqiual sense, not in its clinical/psychological context.)

Answer 8

Yes, without doubt. The ego is totally conditional while the the soul (ture self) is unconditional.  True love is totally uncoditional so the soul and ego are on separate pages. One is of this world and the other is in this world.

Answer 9

Yes it definitely is, I think where there is love ego just cannot exist, it just doesn't happen, because love supercedes every other emotion.

Answer 10

I think the ego is more a barrier to self awareness and personal devolopment. I would say it is a part of a persons personality not wholely though, I would suggest that the egotistical are unaware of the impact this trait can have. It certainly doesn`t stop them being loved or indeed being loving. Its the egotistical way this is expressed or recieved that can cause the difficulty. The problem can be compounding, relationship break ups are `never` their fault, it may take a huge personal upset for the over inflated ego to accept their short comings.

Answer 11

Hi Rita, Yes i agree, The ego is filled with self importance, and this would create a barrier to love.

Answer 12

lets differentiate between the ego (in the sociological sense, and the ego in psychology).

selfishness and love can not co-exist. once we start to think selfishly, we stumble and fall.

Answer 13

I think it really depends. A lot (not all, but al ot) of women confuse egotistical arrogant men as men with self confidence. And there is nothing a woman finds more s**y than a man with self confidence.

But for a woman with egotistical and arrogant a lot of men (again not all, but a lot) see her as a ***** goddess and they can't wait to bed her and when they get bored of her selfish snotty ways they split.

Answer 14

Yes, I do.  Love is caring about someone else's happiness more than your own.

Answer 15

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God

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