by Sherry Gaba | Nov 21, 2017 | Codependency, Fear, Obsessive Love, Relationships
Maybe you have never wondered why you feel so sad when a relationship ends, but I do, especially if I know the relationship was not making me happy. The conclusion I have come to is that when a relationship ends, I feel separation anxiety. I feel the same way I did...
by Sherry Gaba | Oct 17, 2017 | Obsessive Love, Relationships
We want love, but we are afraid of it. We seek out a relationship and then sabotage it the first chance we get. We want space and when we get it we are lonely. We can’t live without a relationship and we can’t live with it. What is going on here? It is...
by Sherry Gaba | Aug 23, 2017 | Codependency, Narcissism, Obsessive Love, Psychotherapy, Relationships
One of the most common mistakes people make these days is trying to find a partner when they are coming from a wounded place. By this I mean they were either neglected or abused—sometimes both. If they were wounded as a child, they should deal with this before they...
by Sherry Gaba | Jul 21, 2017 | Obsessive Love, Relationships
Are sex addiction and love addiction the same thing? No! sex addicts are addicted to the sexual experience. The goal is orgasm. Emotional intimacy is not important. Many professionals believe that the preoccupation with sex is an attempt to avoid emotional intimacy by...
by Sherry Gaba | Jun 9, 2017 | Obsessive Love, Relationships
There is lot in the media about love addiction, but what about Relationship Addicts? How do they differ from Love Addicts? What makes them special and harder to treat? Why are they more likely to relapse? Relationship Addicts [RA] were the first type of love addict to...
by Sherry Gaba | May 1, 2017 | Obsessive Love, Relationships
Love addiction can mean so many different things to people. There is no set diagnosis for it, and no list of things you *must* have or do to have it. For those of us that know we are love addicts, think back to how hard it was to find out, and then come to terms with....
