Is it hard to think critically about something you love?

No, I believe that if you love something, it doesn't merit critical thinking. It's just a feeling and a gut motivation. If it hurts anyone else that you love that thing, then it merits a hard think. Otherwise, no.

I think it is often difficult to think critically about something we love because we look at things we love in an idealized way making it difficult to be critical.

Sometimes. I've learned that thinking critically about things you enjoy is essential but difficult. Additionally, expecting to critique everything I enjoy is draining and wears me down. There must be a healthy balance between these things.

Sometimes. However, I've often found though discovering something isn't as amazing as you may have deemed it to be at first sight, a greater appreciation may also be born from the things you love that stand tall against the scrutiny of your senses, even at their most discerning. Though if you feel a strong connection to something with your heart, and your head feels at odds, that is not necessarily an indication you must change your feelings and decide to stop loving it. A healthy balance of understanding the faults and treasuring the merits of the things that have formed a personal connection with you is ideal.

I think it can be. Sometimes loving someone or something includes letting their good qualities shine in your mind and putting less weight on the more challenging qualities. This can make it hard to think critically about someone, and can require some serious mental gymnastics to jump out of your current perspective and attempt to be more objective. But then again, that's part of the beauty of loving and being loved!

Honestly, it is. When you are so infatuated with something, doesn't necessarily have to be a person, it is hard to think of it in an entirely opposite way. But I think if you can get through the curtain that stands between two sides of the situation or an emotion, you can think of it in a more straightforward and critical way.

There does not have to be a contradiction between love and seeing things the way they are. You can criticize and still love

I often times can be. Emotions can really sway how we think about different things. They try to "justify" or "counter attack" what we are logically feeling, and it is hard to deny something when if effects us emotionally. It can sometimes help to consider the pros and cons of a situation and to remove yourself from it. Try some mindfulness exercises or consider what you would tell your friend going through the same situation. It may be hard to think logically when we are emotionally effected by the situation, but not impossible. Just takes time~

Yes it is hard to think critically about someting you truly love.Because loving something means that you are accepting all their weaknesses and imperfections.And at times you may end up loving their imperfections as it is too.

It can be. The more personal something is for you, the more difficult it can be to put your emotions aside about it. It can help to get an objective perspective, such as from a listener here or a therapist, to sort out the reality of the situation.