Why love was my drug: Could you be in the grip of a dangerous addiction?

Why love was my drug: Could you be in the grip of a dangerous addiction?

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If life seems meaningless without a particular person, if the idea of singledom is abhorrent or if you find yourself compromising your principles, needs and ultimately self for the sake of a partner, this goes beyond the 'normal' joyousness of being in …
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The Seduction of Addiction: A Runner's Confession

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Exercise addiction overlaps with other disorders—most notably eating disorders, but also drug and alcohol abuse—about 25 percent of the time. We also know what … The final stage is all out addiction. According to Friemuth et al, this is the point …
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The War on Emotions is Driving Us Insane

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Some soldiers will develop an addiction to controlling and humiliating people, feeling that this gives them 'power', although it is not power over anything that genuinely improves their lives: see … Imagine you are Christina Schumacher who was …
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