How to Deal With Love Addiction

A love addict is unable to have healthy, nurturing relationships and instead must depend on unhealthy relationships that provide mostly negative experiences. Love addicts are afraid of real love and do not believe that anyone can truly love them. Many love addicts did not have the love of parents or caretakers when they were children.

Instructions

Symptoms of Love Addiction

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  Know that love and being in love is the most important thing in their lives.

• 2

  Understand they are repressed, reserved and insecure.

• 3

  Notice they avoid leaving bad relationships because they are uncomfortable with taking chances and making changes in their lives.

• 4

  Observe that love addicts are very dependent on their lovers and are consumed with the affair.

• 5

  Realize that a love addict is very demanding and requires a lot of attention.

• 6

  See if the person is under a lot of stress, which leads to fantasy and the desire for a relationship with unrealistic expectations.

• 7

  Analyze if the person seems to be falling in love too often.

• 8

  Observe that a love addict will either always have a lover, even if the relationship is poor, or will become obsessed with one particular partner.

• 9

  Note that a love addict who is usually responsible will start missing work and show unpredictable behavior.

Dealing With Love Addiction

• 10

  Realize that the first step to overcoming love addiction is making the addict realize they have a problem.

• 11

  Have the person seek psychological counseling.

• 12

  Advise them to stop having love affairs.

• 13

  Try to get them to reduce their stress level.

• 14

  Encourage the love addict to become educated about their condition.