Confusing Love With Obsession: When Being in Love Means Being in Control

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It occurs after the end of a relationship, and it is connected to an afflicted person feeling devastated and lost.

These stages include the attraction phase, the anxious phase, the obsessive phase and finally, the destructive phase – which I illustrate in my book through the Obsessive Love Wheel. Main characters expect their partners to have the same level of affection and thus they may demand undivided attention, which is also a trait of manic love.More important, Confusing Love with Obsession helps readers develop a new self-awareness and healthy relationship--free from preoccupation with an object of obsession.

And so this is why I have always said that confusing love with obsession is an equal opportunity destroyer and is gender neutral. Although the characters of the book come from diverse backgrounds and behave in different ways, they are bound by the same problem. Moreover, the author makes a point that recovery from obsessive love is a long and complicated process with no definite ending. being in love with that person, I would suggest that take a look at their relational history and look for patterns. Similar to Stacy’s situation, my friend was in a relationship with a girl, who gradually became more and more controlling.

They are possessive, either through controlling their partners or demanding their excessive attention.

Um livro valioso sobre o comportamento humano que nos permite entender e identificar determinados padrões à nossa volta. Are you so consumed with his whereabouts that you engage in behaviors that many would consider to be stalking? One side is suffering from obtrusive thoughts about his or her partner and the relationship, while the other side is growing weary from excessive attention.

Eros is characterized by passion and desire to establish a strong physical and emotional connection with a partner. Confusing Love with Obsession is a must-read for anyone involved in a dangerously obsessive relationship. Instead, it is a caustic condition whereby a person has intrusive thoughts about another and is unable to focus on much else except that individual. Well, mostly because of the high degree of control we see, usually exerted by one individual on another.