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“Love is a drug” (not only a good song but also a powerful statement)
We all know how powerful the feeling is when you’re in Love – the “high”, the “buzz” – It’s contagious and feels great.
But this feeling has an extreme form that’s pathologic – it’s called Love Addiction.
One definition of love addiction: “when one person loves another with compulsive intensity and in ways that are not to the best interest of either person”
Another description: “Someone who is dependent on, enmeshed with, and compulsively focused on taking care of another person.” (p. melody)
Love Addicted patients describe difficulties with being “lost in my own fantasy world”, “I literally follow the person everywhere”, “I can’t feel anything unless I’m thinking about him”.
Love addicts often don’t have the skill set to engage in emotionally intimate relationships and they usually have difficulties with boundaries.
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“Love Addiction comes in many forms. Some Love addicts carry a torch for unavailable people. Some Love Addicts obsess when they fall in love. Some Love Addicts get addicted to the euphoric effects of romance. Others can not let go of a toxic relationship even if they are unhappy, depressed, lonely, neglected, or in danger. Some Love Addicts are Codependent and some are Narcissistic. Some Love Addicts use sex to manage feelings; others are sexually anorexic. The common denominator is this: unlike sex addicts, Love Addicts crave an emotional connection and will avoid, at any cost, separation, anxiety, and loneliness.”
Love Addicts Anonymous (LAA).
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