Am I a Love addict and what can I do?
Diagnose yourself
Do I have a problem with love addiction?
Can you relate to or identify with some or many of the following?
- Do you tend to stay in relationships, even though you’re hurt over and over again?
- Do you make excuses for the way your partner mistreats and hurts you?
- Do you know that the relationship is bad for you or causes you frequent pain but cant contemplate leaving for the terrible fear of being alone?
- Does your self esteem or mood depend on your partners behavior towards you?
- Do you attempt to subtly manipulate your partners to change and or stay with you?
- Is the relationship your primary source of happiness? Does its survival eclipse everything else in your life?
- Are you so considerate to your partner in order to please them that you put your own needs second much of the time?
- Do you let abusive people remain in your life?
- Do you or those you are attracted to mistreat you or refuse commitment?
- Do you need another in order to feel fulfilled?
- Do you give far more in the relationship than you receive?
- Do you cling to the 1% chance it will all change and work out?
- Do you beilieve you NEED a relationship in order to be happy?
What can I do?
Attend our new Bournemouth self help group (LOVE ADDICTION SPECIFIC)
If outside travelling distance to Bournemouth, find a meeting here (will incude sex addiction)
Private therapy with creator of this site Mr T. Roberts, Dolphin Psychotherapy Practice in person, or worldwide via telephone/webconference sessions
T: 01202 463845
M: 07790 333431
E: 07790 333431
Worldwide help available via online counseling providers of cbt therapy, online counseling, NLP and relationship counseling.
Private therapy from the Lifeworks community http://www.lifeworkscommunity.com/programmes/Individual-Programmes/love-addiction.asp
For Further Reading
h4>How to Break Your Addiction to a Person (Howard M. Halpern)
Facing Love Addiction (Pia Mellody)
Is It Love or Is It Addiction? (Brenda Schaeffer)
LINKS to other helpful sites
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Co-Dependants Anonymous
Its All About Love – Brenda Scaeffer
