In some respects...the act of falling in love is an act of regression. The experience of merging with the loved one has its echoes from the time when we were merged with our mothers in infancy. Along with the merging, we also reexperience the sense of omnipotence we had to give up in our journey out of childhood. All things seem possible. United with our beloved, we feel we can conquer all obstacles. We believe that the strength of our love will cause the forces of opposition to bow down in submission and melt away into the darkness. All problems will be overcome. The future will be all light. The unreality of those feelings when we have fallen in love in essentially the same as the unreality of the two-year-old who feels itself to be king of the family and the world with power unlimited  ¶ 6:32 PM