Just a symptom of love or is it an obsession? Addiction?

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LisbethSalander1992
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26 Aug 2012, 11:32 pm

Of course it's normal to be infatuated with your significant other but when does it cross the line into obsession?

I mean I've dedicated my whole Facebook account to my boyfriend, timeline cover and everything.

I literally wait by the phone for him to call and when he doesn't I get very depressed.

My every thought is about him and I only think about him and nothing else.

What's normal and what isn't?


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27 Aug 2012, 12:27 am

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27 Aug 2012, 8:54 am

What's normal is not necessarily good for you. Speaking as an old person who still remembers that experience after several decades, I might - if it's o.k., encourage you to find other stuff you enjoy in addition to your boyfriend. My obsession with my boyfriend was forcibly and tragically ended when he died; and it took way too long a time to get over the death and the obsession.



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27 Aug 2012, 9:03 am

What you describe is more like obsession. I am not downplaying your feelings for him and I know love and romance can be wonderful. But it does appear to me, at least from what you have described, that you have crossed the line over to obsession.


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