Post by Susan Peabody on Feb 15, 2020 5:54:45 GMT -8
Since the book, Women Who Love Too Much, came out people have been debating whether or not we can love too much.
Kinds of Love
Agape: God
Paternal: Father for child
Maternal: Mother for child
Self: Self Esteem
Familial: Family
Platonic: Affection for friend
Erotic: Passion
Preferential: Romantic Love
Desire: Sexual longing
Romantic: Projected Love
Tough love: Love with boundaries
My friend Lori says you can only get addicted to desire because it releases chemicals into our blood stream that make us euphoric. But I disagree. My love for my son is maternal, but I definitely love him too much and feel the relationship is emotionally incestual.
What do you feel about this moving away from the idea of love being addictive. Lori says that the people who have accepted the idea of love addiction are not ashamed, but her younger clients don't want to accept this label and prefer to identify with the term "attachment dysregulation."
Kinds of Love
Agape: God
Paternal: Father for child
Maternal: Mother for child
Self: Self Esteem
Familial: Family
Platonic: Affection for friend
Erotic: Passion
Preferential: Romantic Love
Desire: Sexual longing
Romantic: Projected Love
Tough love: Love with boundaries
My friend Lori says you can only get addicted to desire because it releases chemicals into our blood stream that make us euphoric. But I disagree. My love for my son is maternal, but I definitely love him too much and feel the relationship is emotionally incestual.
What do you feel about this moving away from the idea of love being addictive. Lori says that the people who have accepted the idea of love addiction are not ashamed, but her younger clients don't want to accept this label and prefer to identify with the term "attachment dysregulation."
