
Self Harm – The Hidden Addiction?
“There is so much secrecy and shame surrounding self-harm” says Rebecca Sparkes, Psychotherapist . “Even the sufferer can bracket off self-harm behaviours, in their mind,
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“There is so much secrecy and shame surrounding self-harm” says Rebecca Sparkes, Psychotherapist . “Even the sufferer can bracket off self-harm behaviours, in their mind,
A mid-life crisis, transition or transformation is usually experienced around the age of 40 plus or minus 20 years. One of the first to write on
An article from a US psychiatric journal dropped into my in-box: “Hooked on Messy Loving”? Usually I press delete. Or forward to my friend and
With Christmas fast approaching, I have more time than usual to reflect. Prior to limerence, I hadn’t appreciated how I used my addictive tendencies to
Its been a few days since I returned from a ManKind Project Rites of Passage weekend. See http://mankindproject.org/ I’m still processing and will likely be for some
Like most film fans, I was saddened by the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Academy Award winning actor and director, earlier this month. Hoffman
An article from a US psychiatric journal dropped into my in-box: “Hooked on Messy Loving”? Usually I press delete. Or forward to my friend and
Valentine’s Day has been and gone. While the greetings card and flower industries are measuring their takings, most of us go back to ordinary worries
Many limerents also grapple with traits of love addiction, love avoidance and co-dependency. The following comes from Susan Peabody’s work. When it comes to toxic
For many, their experience of limerence is the portal to a period of significant spiritual growth. Many similarities exist between the symptoms of limerence and
For reasons we don’t yet fully understand, not everyone experiences limerence. People who do may experience it only once and then move onto a healthy
I continue to revise this list based on my own and other’s growing knowledge and experience. That said, there is still a woeful lack of research
The following are the main symptoms seen with limerence Intrusive and obsessive thinking about the LO Spending more time thinking about LO than anyone or
Here is a list of books that we found useful when dealing with our limerence: Relationships, love and limerence: Love and Limerence – Dorothy Tenov
Seems like ive lost the text to this very first article I wrote on this site. However the comments remain.