Love Junkie

This has been adopted from Susan Peabody who is the author of Addicted to Love. These questions will assist you in determining if you are addicted to love. If you can answer yes to more than a few of the following questions, you are probably a love addict. Remember that love addiction comes in many forms, so even if you don’t answer yes to all of the questions you may still be a love addict. You are very needy when it comes to relationships. You fall in love very easily and too quickly. When you fall in love, you can’t stop fantasizing—even to do important things. You can’t help yourself. Sometimes, when you are lonely and looking for companionship, you lower your standards and settle for less than you want or deserve. When you are in a relationship, you tend to smother your partner. More than once, you have gotten involved with someone who is unable to commit—hoping he or she will change. Once you have bonded with someone, you can’t let go. When you are attracted to some...

Love addiction in the psychology jargon is termed " a process" addiction. Like an addiction to drugs or alcohol there are certain criterias that must be met in order for it to be considered an addiction. If we look at the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorder, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) it breaks it down into 11 categories which atleast 2-3 criterias should meet the criteria in order for it to be classificated as a substance addiction.  The ones that I would like to highlight are tolerance ( needing more and more of the substance to achieve a desired effect) and withdrawal ( physical symptoms one experiences as a result of dependency on the substance). This relates to the love addiction in that you develop a tolerance, where you need more and more of your point of contact to feel better. Also, you experience physical withdrawal symptoms when you are no longer around that point of contact. I believe it is important to note that despite how this problem may int...

Hello my name is Jovica but everyone calls me " JoJo" for short. I am a license mental health counselor based in the Boynton Beach, Florida area. I graduated with my masters in counseling from Nova Southeastern University. I completed my internship at an inpatient program for addiction. I've been working in addiction for the past 5 years. I love what I do and I love helping others. I remember during my undergraduate program, I sat in my first psychology class ( you know, the psychology 101) and I remember telling myself that if I were to ever change my major this is what I would pursue. After taking those science classes....let's just say I switched my major pretty fast. I forgot to mention that I wanted to be a pediatrician. Anyways, I've always been interested in working with individuals who experienced trauma and domestic violence. I came to realize that working in the field of addiction, many of my clients were exposed to some type of childhood trauma or tra...

Welcome to my Blog on Love Addiction & Dysfunctional Relationships. I will be providing various topics and informative materials on these issues. Stay tuned! Signed A Love Junkie