Individuals with love addiction feel compelled to be in a relationship. This is not just a desire to be in a relationship, but the actual need to be part of a couple to feel complete. Women and men ...

Sex addicts seek to medicate their pain with episodes of sexual gratification, including promiscuity, using porn, exhibitionism, or voyeurism. Love addicts seek to get “high” through the intoxicating ...

You've heard of it: distancing your relationships, suppressing your emotions, fearing intimacy. This is how I manage being an ...

Fearful avoidant attachment sits in a painful middle ground. You crave closeness, intimacy, and emotional safety, but the moment it feels real, your body panics. Your mind scans for danger, and your ...

Are you dating an avoidant type? You know, the hyper-independent type that is uncomfortable with any form of emotional intimacy? If you are, then you're probably having issues with meeting them where ...

In relationships, we often see that people with two particular insecure attachment styles collide the most: anxious and avoidant. All attachment styles play an important role in shaping our romantic ...

When I was in my mid-twenties, I sat myself in the consulting room of a steely therapist, who told me that I was doing everything wrong when it came to love. For me, she said, love was all about the ...

Reviewed by Emily Edlynn, PhD Key Takeaways Avoidant attachment can be a problem for kids, because it lead to other mental health issues like feeling distrustful and emotionally numb.Parents who are ...