Delimiting Love and Sex Addictions
However interconnected love and sex may be, love addiction and sex addiction are quite different phenomena. A sex addict may have a problem with pornography or repeated anonymous sexual experiences, while the love addict acts out in relationship-by clinging to a partner. Sex addiction and love addiction are both Intimacy Disorders. Preoccupation with the sexual act or the idealized, fantasy relationship acts as a barrier between the addict and another person.
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Famous quotes containing the word love:
“I love to cope him in these sullen fits,
For then he’s full of matter.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)