How to Get Over an Addiction to Love

  • July 30, 2010
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You might as well face it if you’re addicted to love. Here’s how to regain control over your romantic life.

You Will Need

  • Self-awareness
  • Courage
  • Therapy or support group
How to Get Over an Addiction to Love: Know the definition

Step 1: Know the definition

Know what a love addict is — someone who has an unhealthy relationship with romantic love itself.

How to Get Over an Addiction to Love: Admit your problem

Step 2: Admit your problem

Admit that you’re a love addict. It may sound like a cliche, but acknowledging your neediness, obsessions, and compulsions regarding romance is indeed the first step in getting over your love addiction.

Levels of phenylethylamine, a brain chemical that produces feelings of euphoria, rises when we’re newly infatuated.

How to Get Over an Addiction to Love: Identify your type

Step 3: Identify your type

Identify the type of love addict you are. Some hang on to toxic relationships because they fear being alone, some only fall in love with people they can’t have, and others flit from relationship to relationship because they’re addicted to the excitement they feel at the beginning of a new romance.

How to Get Over an Addiction to Love: Recognize healthy relationships

Step 4: Recognize healthy relationships

Re-train yourself to recognize healthy relationships versus toxic ones. It’s the only way to break the patterns that are preventing you from finding real love.

How to Get Over an Addiction to Love: Face the pain

Step 5: Face the pain

Resolve to undergo whatever short-term pain is necessary — ending an unhealthy relationship, letting go of a fantasy — in order to find long-term happiness.

How to Get Over an Addiction to Love: Don't do it alone

Step 6: Don't do it alone

Don’t try to get over your love addiction alone. Find a therapist who specializes in the condition, or seek help through a support group.

When people look at a photo of their romantic partner, the areas of the brain that are stimulated are the same ones that correspond to drug addiction.

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