"In order to understand love in human relationships, you must first understand how the socialized self either enhances or inhibits your capacity to love. Your socialized self develops under the supervision of your caregiver or parent(s). When you were a newborn, you were totally dependent upon the adults in your life to take care of your needs and raise you in a safe environment. You had to be fed and clothed, bathed and held, and loved and appreciated. Your caregivers provided these basic needs in your early development, and during this time, attachments were formed. An attachment is an emotional and social bond that forms between one person and another. Humans are considered highly motivated to form attachments throughout their lives. Attachments are crucial to human existence and are essentially the emotional context of those relationships we form in life."