is it a bad thing to stay in love with someone who left you?

Its not bad to love someone unless the feeling is harming and hampering you.. We leave some people for our priorities and some leave us for theirs...

No just as long as you make sure they don't hurt you again . Do this by watching what you say to them and when you are hanging out with them

It's such a subjective question, but I think the common thread would be this - it is a bad thing if it is hurting you, and no longer helping you grow. Understandably, it would take time for you to move on from this relationship; after all, you weren't the one who made the decision to end it, therefore it might feel untimely. But I think you should ask yourself whether you want yourself to stagnate in this period of your life, rather than go out and seek things or people that will be committed to loving you back. I don't think by default it is a 'bad thing', but I think there can be better scenarios for your future than remaining in love with someone who left you. Perhaps try to accept and respect the decision that this person has made, but also love yourself enough to get up and find an outlet where you can gain as much as you give.

Love is not something we decide., love is a feeling, and feelings are something that cannot be explained or justified. If that special person left, it will be heartbreaking. I suggest to cry until you can't anymore. Crying is a healthy way to express your pain and it contributes to think more clearly afterwards. Don't lie to yourself, don't hide like a fugitive, but don't let an emotion take over your life. Life is full of emotions, love is just one of them. And there's a great factor called time: time is the best cure when it comes to fading emotions. Give yourself the time you need, but never stop living your life, because you deserve to feel happy, excited, passionate, thrilled, to laugh and so many other things.

To me, it was always natural to stay in love with someone who left me. I mean, you have an emotional connection with someone, just because they left you, it doesn't mean that you immediately fall out of love. It just simply doesn't work like that. So I think, that staying in love with someone who left you shortly after the break-up is completely natural, although loving the person even years after it might be triggering.

Of course not! You can still have feelings for someone who doesn't have feelings for you, even if they're a bad person or did bad things.

It's a normal thing, but a toxic thing. Someone who left you caused you pain, and you still care so much about them. It sounds like you are caring more about them than yourself. You are stuck with you until the day you die, so you should be your best friend. Someone hurt your best friend, is it bad to like them? Well, it's not good. Try and see yourself as the person who needs to be cared about first right now.

It is not necessarily a bad thing but it would help not to stay obsessed over that person and try to move on and meet new people.

Yes and no..its not bad to still love that person..but when it affects your future relationship..thats bad

It definitely isn't a bad thing. Once you truly love someone, you'll never fully stop loving them. Just because someone left you, it doesn't mean you have to hate them completely and say you don't love them. It's normal.