Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many researchers use the concept of ‘love addiction’ as a shorthand for exploring maladaptive romances.Illustration: Rita Liu/The ...

Research shows that the unhealthy desire to seek constant connection can be measured using this tool. Love addiction is a psychological condition characterized by an obsessive need for romantic love ...

"What is love addiction?" This question makes me pause. I am a recovering love addict. Ten years ago, after five years of being clean and sober, a therapist diagnosed me with a condition that is not ...

Poems and songs say love should be world-shattering. The logic of love addiction suggests that it shouldn’t. Credit...Illustrations by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sophie Haigney Recently an ...

“Too much of a good thing is wonderful” —Mae West Romantic love has often been considered a type of addiction or even sickness. There is no doubt that love involves constant thinking about, and ...