Narcissistic love addicts – use dominance, seduction and withholding to control their partners. They are afraid of being alone and they don’t like change. “I hate you but please don’t leave me!” Sounds twisted, but relationship addicts are so unhappy that their health, spirit and emotional wellbeing are affected. Relationship addicts – aren’t in love with their partner but still can’t let go e.g. They will do anything to “take care” of their partners in the hope they will not leave or one day they’ll reciprocate. They are desperately holding onto people they are addicted to through co-dependant behaviour (enabling, rescuing, caretaking, passive-aggressive controlling or accepting neglect or abuse). Obsessed love addicts – can’t let go of someone they love, even if that person has moved on, is distant or abusive, or has their own addiction to something unrelated such as drugs or alcohol.Ĭo-dependant love addicts – have low self-esteem. Types of love addicts identified by Life Coach and Love Addiction Expert Susan Peabody from Brighter Tomorrow (1) include: However, some take it to a whole new level. There are no statistics on love addiction, when I asked one of Sydney’s top psychologists about it, the response was that we are all love addicts to some extent. All I can recommend is that if you are finding yourself addicted to love, or a person, then to join a support group such as SLAA (Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous) to try to help understand and cope with it. That may come later, but at this stage, I don’t have the answers. It’s important that I note upfront that this blog is not about how to break love addiction. One of my most well received posts has been ‘ All about toxic relationships and how to let go‘ and this week Happiness Weekly is looking at Love Addiction – one of the fastest growing addictions in the world as people cling to love for their happiness. I am not your victim because you are not a predator any more than a bottle of scotch stalks an alcoholic.

When you can stop you don’t want to, and when you want to stop, you can’t… Luke Davies

But in my heart, you’re still the reigning King.

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