And though the symptons of lovesickness may be many, they all share a single cause and single cure: you.

Being in love with someone who doesn't even know that you exist isn't the worst thing in the world.

You never think it will happen to you. You think about what it would be like. You go through it over and over in your mind, changing the scenario slightly each time, but deep down, you don't really believe it would ever happen, because it's something that happens to someone else, not to you.

You can't have it both ways. Love is too powerful to hide for very long. Deny it and suffer the consequences. Acknowledge it and suffer the consequences. Revealing it can either be shameful or it can be liberating. It is for others to decide which it will be.

Breaking free, or not, is usually determined by whether you want to get somewhere slowly or nowhere fast.

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere, however, we all have expectations. We not only have them, we need them. They fuel our dreams, our hopes, and our lives like some super-caffeinated energy drink.

Issues are like assholes, we've all got one," Pam snipped.