Relationship
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Ellie Middleton - Is it hard to fall in love?
I think there's almost two sides to this. So I think one thing that is, I guess like a stereotype, but one that I guess kind of resonated for me in some ways is that I think sometimes it can be really easy for us if you think in terms of special interests, that if you have an interest in somebody, then that person can become your special interest person and you can really fall in love with them. And you might, because of not understanding nonverbal cues in the same way or taking things literally. If someone is nice to you, then you might think that they're the best person in the world and they're in love with you and you're in love with them and happily ever after. So I think that is not to that extent, but I think that was one of the things that came up for me after my assessment that I had had lots of almost relationships that didn't happen. And to me at the time, that was really like, I couldn't understand why, because I was like, well, they told me they liked me. They spent loads of time with me, they took me out for dates, they did this and I was interested and then couldn't understand why it hadn't turned into what I thought it was going to turn into because maybe I'd just taken things a bit more literally or misperceived their way of treating me as being something else. So I think there's half where it's maybe even easier to clinging onto something or fall in love or perceive something to be something that it's maybe not. But then I do think on the other side, I am naturally quite an independent person, so it's quite hard for me to let my guard down or have that really close intimacy with somebody because I need my alone time. If things get too much, I can be quite blunt and straight to the point. And I think it would take not just anybody to be able to understand that in a partner. And I think, yeah, that's maybe kind of why it's perceived as us not falling in love as easily, but just it's a more like us taking a little bit longer to let our guard down because we're not sure if there's no certainty and stuff like that. And you don't know the answer or the outcome.
Dr. Spada - I love shopping, is it addiction?
If you love something, it doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to be addicted to it if you shop in such a manner whereby your mood is dependent on whether you shop or not. You continuously think about the next thing you would like to buy. You talk about shopping all the time. There are clearly cost associated with shopping that are economic costs, but also maybe social personal costs. Then I presume that shopping could be seen as an addictive behaviour. There is something labelled Compulsive Buying Disorder, which is not an officially recogniz recognise mental disorder, but encompasses these behaviours. Basically spending too much time thinking and engaging in shopping to the detriment of the rest of our lives.
Amy Polly - Why do you love wearing pink?
It just makes me happy. I'll tell you a quick story. When I've got a little brother, he's three years younger than me and I had the big bedroom. I was older and we were teenagers, and he was going on and on about having the bedroom and I vividly remember saying to my brother and my mum, I will only swap bedrooms if you paint the box room from top to bottom in bright pink. It happened. That was my bedroom for many years.