love adiccion adiccions

“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/