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Love Addiction

Seattle Christian Counseling

Love Addiction, Codependency, and Treatment

What causes love addiction? For most, love addiction is caused by a lack of important needs being met during childhood such as physical safety needs or emotional needs like nurture and expression of love. The happens for many reasons ranging from personality differences between child and caretaker, to absent caretakers because of things like long work hours, illness, or divorce. Failure to have these fundamental needs met in childhood affects self-worth, often causing fear of abandonment and either a strong apprehension or need for closeness with others.

Love addiction affects people differently. For some, this means a series of short, sometimes toxic relationships or one-night stands. For others, their fear of abandonment might cause them to continue in harmful, codependent relationships.

Am I a Love Addict?

If you struggle with an overwhelming desire for emotional connection, fear of rejection, often find yourself looking to sex as a way of feeling whole or valued, or hold onto relationships that are unhealthy for fear of being alone, then you might have love addiction. One of the sad ironies of love addiction is that many pass up chances at having great relationships because they either fear real commitment, damage relationships with infidelity, or stay in relationships that aren’t really fulfilling.

You might suffer from love addiction if:

  • You become obsessive over finding love, or over an individual.
  • You have difficulty thinking about anything but love or sexual fantasies.
  • You equate love and relationships with your self-worth.
  • Being in a relationship dominates your time over friends and family.
  • Your relationships often lack real intimacy and you are often jealous.
  • You become codependent easily.
  • You or your partner (or both) use love as a form of control.
  • You confuse sexually intense experiences with love.

What Christian Love Addiction Treatment Can Do for You

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your mind. – Deuteronomy 6:5

If you want to know real love, Christ Jesus is the place to turn. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of that and rely on damaging things when we feel something is missing in our lives. The goal of Christian counseling for love addiction is to help you find love for yourself and God, to heal wounds of the past, overcome unhealthy ideas about love and sex, and to learn skills for building fulfilling, lasting relationships. With dedication to positive change and faith in Christ, you can find everything you are looking for and more.

Find healing and the perfect love of Christ Contact us today.

At Seattle Christian Counseling, our sex addiction counselors will help you overcome the tight bonds of sexual addiction. To learn more or to schedule an appointment, contact us online or give us a call at (206) 388-3929.

Sex And Porn Addiction

  • Sex and Porn Addiction Recovery
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