Many researchers use the concept of ‘love addiction’ as a shorthand for exploring maladaptive romances.Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian Elizabeth Gilbert was using people like drugs: a point she ...

Love is in the air; we are only a few days away from Valentine’s Day. I love this time of the year. In fact, I love love. And I love seeing people in love. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if intense romantic ...

When I was in my mid-twenties, I sat myself in the consulting room of a steely therapist, who told me that I was doing everything wrong when it came to love. For me, she said, love was all about the ...

Source: Art Credit Alexi Berry. Used with Permission. “What the world generally refers to as love is an intense emotionality combining physical attraction, possessiveness, control, addiction, ...

Is it possible to become addicted to love? "Vanderpump Rules" star Raquel Leviss − and mental health experts − say it is. Though love addiction doesn't appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ...