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Obsessed with Love: Codependency
Codependency is a person "who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior." This behavior leads to an obsession that prevents the person from finding balance in life. The most usual codependency practices are based around a silent system of rules often within the immediate family that prevent the codependent person from talking about emotions, thus setting the pace for relationships. This repression causes all kinds of problems. The codependent person allows the other person's problems to become their own - they feel a need to control the troubled person; they need to be a caretaker.
by papierdoll | 2008-02-03 | Obsession or Addiction: Man, Woman & Sex

Road to obsession is paved with stress
In this crazy thing called love, there's also a dark side - called obsession. Often the question is: How could such a smart person have done something so stupid? Stress, loneliness and anger, say psychologists. Control freaks are more likely to cross the line from crush to obsession, Dr. Mimi Hull says. Everybody knows the type: Someone who sees people as either his enemies or his best friends. Person who goes from one stormy relationship to another. Those are classic signs of a borderline personality disorder, says Dr. George Schulz. "They seem to be fine, until they experience loss, and then they exhibit bizarre behavior."
by ocregister | 2007-02-27 | Obsession or Addiction: Man, Woman & Sex

Love, obsession and murder; when romance goes all wrong
He said he loved his wife, and would never have harmed her. Her family said he was jealous and possessive, and developed an obsession that led to him murdering her. Paul Gooden was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife. Gooden, when he took the witness stand, portrayed himself as a loving, caring husband who was tolerant of his wife's moods. But the trial unearthed an obsessive streak: His motive for killing her was her rejection and apparent affair. Obsession. It's the addiction that fuels the obsession, that leads one person to want to control the life of another when they feel their happiness is dependent on the other person.
by jamaicaobserver | 2007-01-18 | Obsession or Addiction: Man, Woman & Sex

Online romance heartbreak prompts hanging
A 17-year-old Chinese boy was so disappointed to find that the online girl he met was not only not that beautiful but also too old for him that he hanged himself. He became addicted to online chatroom QQ. He fell for a girl called "Qunjiaofeiyang" (Flying Skirt), who described herself as a beautiful 19yo. After weeks, he arranged a date in Mudanjiang, 120 kilometres away. "To his intense disappointment, his dream girl turned out to be a plain lady who was more than 10 years older than him. His parents tried to comfort and console him but, his hopes crushed, he went out to a nearby hill and hanged himself."
by theaustralian | 2007-01-10 | Dark Side of Relationship

Being a sex addict is in your genes
Some people simply can't help being 'sex addicts', according to a new discovery by scientists. They have found that people with a certain genetic make-up have a much stronger sex drive than others. It could also help provide reassurance for those who are perfectly happy with their relatively low libido, but are made to think they are abnormal because magazines, television and films suggest most people having sex all the time. "Some people really do think more about sex and place a greater importance on it than others."
by dailymail | 2006-05-28 | Sexuality

Love can be maddening, literally
The term 'lovesick' is surprisingly accurate, explains Lauren Slater. People experiencing romantic love, could have a chemical profile in their brains similar to that of people who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some findings: Love lights up areas of the brain linked to reward and pleasure - the ventral tegmental area and the caudate nucleus - and releases chemicals such as dopamine which, in the right proportions, provoke intense energy, focused attention, recklessness and exhilaration. Love makes you bold, makes you bright and makes you run real risks. Doing novel things together triggers dopamine in the brain, stimulating feelings of attraction.
by hsvvoice | 2006-02-12 | Love & Chemicals

When love turns sour
'No' is a hard word for many men to digest, when in love. And sometimes they turn violent. Is this love, obsession or... In January, 2006, a young girl was burnt alive on the Surat railway station platform by a boy because she didn't reciprocate his love. A working woman was burnt alive in public view at Churchgate station in Mumbai by a man who could not take a 'no' to his proposal for marriage. In March 2005, a Mumbai boy threw acid on a 13-year-old girl for rejecting his proposal. These are not merely isolated cases. Love laced with jealousy and anger can be dangerous and has spoilt many young women's lives. And the real-life examples are plenty.
by timesofindia | 2006-01-19 | Obsession or Addiction: Man, Woman & Sex

Am I Too Intense About Love - obsessed with boyfriend
I'm afraid I'm getting obsessed with my boyfriend. I have the urge to talk to him 24/7. What in the world is wrong with me? --- It doesn't mean anything is wrong with you. Because love can make us feel totally vulnerable, and completely focused on another person. This can be exciting - it's certainly more enjoyable than studying for chemistry or helping your parents clean the garage - but it can also send us off balance and make us act nutty. The reality is, you don't ever completely know where you stand and there isn't much you can do about it.
by YM | 2005-10-27 | Insecurity & Fear of Rejection in relationship

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