Should You Follow Your Heart or Your Head?

When it comes to making decisions about a romantic partner

This question eludes many. Your mind has a thousand reasons why that person is bad for you, why it won’t work out, and all signs point to danger — get out. But for some gosh darn reason in your heart you want to stay so bad. You want them, despite all the logical reasons you shouldn't. Your head usually advocates the safer option, the heart-the risky one.

What the heck is that anyways? How is it even possible to feel so divided within the same body?

I took it to the world wide web, and turns out there are some explanations for this divided phenomenon we all seem to face at one time or another.

So why are we drawn to people who we know aren’t good for us, don’t care about us? Will probably hurt us? It’s that adrenaline rush baby — doing or wanting something you know you shouldn’t. We remember the choices that hurt us as well. Safe decision making rarely leaves a mark in the memory bank.

“We’re poor statisticians: You remember the choice you didn’t make because, not knowing what the outcome would be, the best you can do is guess as to what might have happened. What won’t have happened, which you obviously can’t remember, are the bad outcomes that could have followed the wrong decision.” — Psychology Today