Your Love Addiction Could Expose You To Dangerous Relationship Patterns
Are you ignoring the obvious signs?
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Are you a love addict? It’s estimated that 3% — 6% of adults in the U.S. are. It’s a destructive pattern that can cause them to slip into toxic relationships and a lot of emotional destruction. Being a love addict isn’t easy. It feeds on unrealistic expectations of connection and can make it hard for those suffering to function (even to the point that they lose their job and all their friendships).
If you’re someone who is dealing with an addiction to love, to your romantic partners, then it’s essential to take it seriously. Like any other addiction, this desperate chase for something beyond the self can result in absolute disaster and a loss of meaning, fulfillment, and peace.
Love is just as addicting as anything else.
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