love adiccion adiccions
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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
Love addiction is:
• immature• euphoria• get unmet or needs fulfilled• fear or emotional pain
fill the loneliness whit out maintaining the balance.
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.
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Feeling isolated, detached from parents and family
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
• Compartmentalization of relationships from other areas of life
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Outer facade of "having it all together" to hide internal disintegration
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Existence of a secret "double life"
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Refusal to acknowledge existence of problem
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Defining out-of-control behavior as normal
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Defining "wants" as "needs"
• Tendency to leave one relationship for another. (Inability to be without a relationship.)
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Attempts to replace lost relationships with a new one immediately
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Continual questioning of values and lifestyle
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Driven, desperate, frantic personality
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Hidden Pain
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
• Seek to avoid rejection and abandonment at any cost
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Afraid to trust anyone in a relationship
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Depressed
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Highly manipulative and controlling of others
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Feelings that a relationship makes one whole, or more of a man or woman
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Escalating tolerance for high-risk behavior
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Intense need to control self, others, circumstances
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
Presence of other addictive or compulsive problems
Signs and Characteristics of Love Addiction:
If you have this problem, you can
search in:• Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
http://www.slaafws.org/