Are You In Love or Just Addicted? 7 Signs You Might Have a Love Addiction (3 of 4)

Your entire self-worth hinges on the existence of the relationship

Relationships have a disproportionate effect on how a love addict views themselves. Their self-esteem, emotional highs, and even the decision on whether to get out of bed in the morning to go to school or work is based on being in this relationship. This extreme co-dependency can make it difficult for the love addict to manage their lives in a healthy, balanced way.

Your childhood was characterized as having an emotionally distant, non-nurturing mother

Therapists have observed that when they counsel love addicts, invariably they mention having grown up in a traumatic environment in which their mother didn’t provide them with the love and acceptance that they craved. As adults, they try to fill this empty void by becoming addicted to the object of their love.