Many researchers use the concept of ‘love addiction’ as a shorthand for exploring maladaptive romances.Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian Elizabeth Gilbert was using people like drugs: a point she ...

Have you ever been so compelled and obsessed with a lover that it feels like it’s consuming all of your mental energy? Can being addicted to a mate actually make it harder to focus and concentrate on ...

Jeremy Fall has been on a healing journey for years, publicly talking about mental health and his struggles with anxiety and depression. Now, the 34-year-old chef and entrepreneur is getting candid ...

We live in a world of fast and easy, social-media-fueled diagnosing and pathologizing. There’s an endless stream of popularized acronyms and misleading self-diagnostic memes that confuse and frustrate ...

Jeremy Fall has been on a healing journey for years, publicly talking about mental health and his struggles with anxiety and depression. Now, the 34-year-old chef and entrepreneur is getting candid ...

While love doesn’t always conquer all, it can be a potent antidote to addiction, according to a growing body of research. The latest study on the matter examined male prairie vole behavior, finding ...

People struggling with compulsive behavior around love and sex have long been the brunt of sleazy jokes and lurid misrepresentation. TV shows and movies use sad, so-called sex addicts sitting on ...

Working in the field of addictions for eight years, I saw first-hand the destructive nature of the disease. I am writing to submit a call to action for supports and loved ones of those battling ...

Here are the greatest love addiction songs—the greatest interior descriptions of addiction—ever written. No, bite your lip: Robert Palmer's superficial, boring—almost stultifying—Addicted to Love ...