{"id":114439,"date":"2017-05-17T09:42:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T17:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=114439"},"modified":"2017-05-17T09:42:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T17:42:29","slug":"are-you-addicted-to-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=114439","title":{"rendered":"Are You Addicted to Love?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Fix<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sex addiction, says Sarah Osborne, Director of Clinical Operations at Mountainside Treatment Center, involves preoccupation with sexual acts, and over time, the need for increased risk level associated with them. The sexual acts aren\u2019t about the partner, only about the ‘high\u2019 from the acts.<\/p>\n

\u201cA person becomes restless or irritable when unable to engage, and the person with the sex addiction is often aloof or avoidant of developing emotional bonds with their partners,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Love addiction, on the other hand, is qualified by a person using relationships to avoid life issues. A person with love addiction feels the high from the romance, fantasy, and intrigue of the developing relationships and the perceived connection of being “with” someone, and becomes uneasy when away from the person.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir relationships are often chaotic with a \u2018come here but go away\u2019 style of connection due to the inability to develop true intimacy,\u201d says Osborne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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