But here’s the thing. When you pull the curtain back and start playing back the documentary instead of the highlight reel, the “angel” turns into a demon pretty quickly. That “lightning” is followed by the thunder of dysfunction. Those feelings may be powerful and real, but are they healthy? Of course not. Young love rarely is. Sure, the attraction is real. But it’s also produced by your wiring, by childhood trauma, by commercials. Young love is new love, and any new experience will be the most powerful a young person has ever had.
