Tag: Misperception of Love

Love Addiction: Craving Infatuation, Limerence

This video is focused on the concept of love addiction, describing it as a behavioral addiction characterized by excessive, fantasy-driven infatuation and dysregulated, unbounded behaviors often linked to codependency and personality disorders. Love addicts, predominantly women, seek the intense emotional rush of falling in love rather than genuine intimacy, leading to unhealthy relationships, compulsive behaviors, and emotional distress. Treatment is challenging, involving cognitive behavioral therapy and self-help groups, but remains limited due to the deep psychological needs and low self-awareness underlying the addiction. Love Addiction: Craving Infatuation, Limerence

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