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“Love is a serious mental disease.” Plato quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher He was the world's most influential philosopher. 428 BC-348 BC) Love like an addiction

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“Love is a serious mental disease.” Plato quotes

(Ancient Greek Philosopher He was the world's most influential

philosopher. 428 BC-348 BC)

Love like an addiction

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Love addiction is:

• immature• euphoria• get unmet or needs fulfilled• fear or emotional pain

fill the loneliness whit out maintaining the balance.

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What is it?• Extremely painful and can be very

dangerous to both the addict and their partners. 

• Many suicides, murders, stalkings, rapes and other crimes of passion have their roots in this addiction. 

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Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

Feeling isolated, detached from parents and family

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Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

• Compartmentalization of relationships from other areas of life

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Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

Outer facade of "having it all together" to hide internal disintegration

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Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

Existence of a secret "double life"

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Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

Refusal to acknowledge existence of problem

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Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

Defining out-of-control behavior as normal

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Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

Defining "wants" as "needs"

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• Tendency to leave one relationship for another. (Inability to be without a relationship.)

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Attempts to replace lost relationships with a new one immediately  

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Continual questioning of values and lifestyle

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Driven, desperate, frantic personality

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Hidden Pain

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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• Seek to avoid rejection and abandonment at any cost

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Afraid to trust anyone in a relationship

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Depressed

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Highly manipulative and controlling of others

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Feelings that a relationship makes one whole, or more of a man or woman

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Escalating tolerance for high-risk behavior

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Intense need to control self, others, circumstances

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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Presence of other addictive or compulsive problems 

Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:

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If you have this problem, you can

search in:• Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

http://www.slaafws.org/