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Confusing Love With Obsession: When Being in Love Means Being in Control
Confusing Love With Obsession: When Being in Love Means Being in Control
Confusing Love With Obsession: When Being in Love Means Being in Control
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Confusing Love With Obsession: When Being in Love Means Being in Control

Por John D Moore

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A must-read book for anyone involved in a dangerously obsessive relationship.

Confusing Love with Obsession is a must-read for anyone involved in a dangerously obsessive relationship. Fueled by an overwhelming fear of abandonment, people involved in obsessive relationships will go to extreme lengths to control their partner. Here, John D. Moore draws from excruciating real-life stories and personal experience to reveal the inner workings of obsessive relationships. More important, Confusing Love with Obsession helps readers develop a new self-awareness and healthy relationship--free from preoccupation with an object of obsession.
IdiomaEnglish
EditorialHazelden Publishing
Fecha de lanzamiento4 ago 2010
ISBN9781592859641
Confusing Love With Obsession: When Being in Love Means Being in Control
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    I wish I'd read this book earlier: it might have saved me some pain and helped me to recognise my destructive behaviour and its root cause. A very readable book, written with compassion, full of anecdotal case studies which I found mirrored aspects of my own experience. Good suggestions at the end for ways to move forward.

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Confusing Love With Obsession - John D Moore

SHELTER FROM THE STORM

An Introduction

Any building that has stood firm, surviving the great disaster undamaged still has its roof drowned by the highest waves, and its towers buried below the flood. And now the land and sea are not distinct, all is the sea—a sea without a shore.

—Ovid, The Metamorphoses

WE HAVE FEARED STORMS since the beginning. During early years, our species huddled in caves, pieced together flimsy shelters made of sticks and animal skins, and hid under cliffs for protection from the sky. When ominous storm clouds collided on the horizon, we prayed to ancient gods to shield us from nature’s fury.

As decades turned into centuries, we advanced technologically and learned to craft stronger, mightier shelters made of concrete and glass, daring the storms to take their best shot.

Today, our homes are weatherproof and, for the most part, save us from the sky’s wrath. At this very moment, satellites are in continuous orbit above our world, scanning the planet for signs of trouble and warning us of pending atmospheric doom. We rejoice each time we escape a storm’s rage and feel relieved when the threat of destruction has passed.

Indeed, on those occasions when we have triumphed over the storm, we were in control.

But sometimes, despite the warnings signs, storm clouds collide and destroy our weatherproof homes, crushing them with fantastic, intense power. When this happens, we arrive at the stark realization that control was just an illusion. In our grief, we examine the damage to others and ourselves and ask the question, Why? Left helpless and alone in a sea of destruction and sorrow, we choke back painful tears and cry out to God, How could this happen? and What do I do now?

You see, it is not the storm itself we fear but the aftermath of what it leaves behind.

For some of us, being in a personal relationship is like trying to control a powerful, destructive storm. It is a cruel, never-ending battle that requires every ounce of energy to wage. Tragically, however, no matter how much we try to exert control over the storm, it always wins.

When being in a relationship means needing to be in control, we are confusing love with obsession. When we pathologically obsess over our partner’s whereabouts, we are confusing love with obsession. When we refuse to let her have any friends and are constantly monitoring her, we are confusing love with obsession. When we make her quit her job or do not let her work at all, fearing possible infidelity, we are confusing love with obsession. When we believe we can stop his abusive ways by changing our behavior, we are confusing love with obsession. When we can’t sleep at night because our minds are on him, we are confusing love with obsession. When we keep him overweight or refuse to let him exercise, we are confusing love with obsession. When we use money as a tool to chain her to the relationship, we are confusing love with obsession. When we use drugs, alcohol, and sex as a way of coping with the pain in our relationships, we are confusing love with obsession. And when we feel that we cannot live without our partner, we are absolutely confusing love with obsession.

You may be reading this book because you are confusing love with obsession. Quite possibly, you are reading this book because you have learned that your significant other has been cheating, and you want to manipulate the situation to your advantage. Or maybe you are tired of obsessively worrying over your partner’s whereabouts and are emotionally and physically drained. Perhaps you are living with a partner who has become unbearable, controlling every part of your life. For all of these reasons, you are hurting. In a place where darkness rules, it is hard to focus on today.

This book is not about getting over it. Only a fool thinks deep pain is something that can be waved away with a magic wand. The suffering each of us has endured is personal and unique, with its own individuality. It has taken years to learn the art of controlling people, and the energy we have expended has probably caused immeasurable sorrow. The same can be said of the persons being controlled—as their lives often define the word suffering. Pain is a part of who we are, serving as a reminder that we are indeed vulnerable. If pain is left alone to fester inside, however, it gains energy like a powerful storm and eventually overpowers us.

People who do not understand the struggles of those who confuse love with obsession try to help by offering words of support. More often, however, these words are like swords through the heart, reminding us that our secret pain cannot be easily cured. How many times have we heard a friend or loved one say, You’ll get over it or Everything will be okay? My own personal favorite is, You really need to bring closure to this. What they do not realize is that closure implies an ending, but for many of us, ending is not part of our vocabulary.

This book is about those of us who are addicted to our relationships and will do anything to stop our partner from leaving us—in other words, those of us who confuse love with obsession. We will examine the typical traits, characteristics, and behaviors of people who confuse love with obsession and uncover the causal factors behind this insidious form of relational addiction.

Essentially what we will be exploring in this publication is a combination of what the American Psychiatric Association refers to in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR, or DSM) as dependent personality disorder and borderline personality disorder. While all of the behaviors of people who confuse love with obsession may not fit neatly into these DSM diagnoses, they closely reflect what we will be exploring. That stated, please avoid the temptation of self-diagnosing, as people who confuse love with obsession often exhibit diagnostic criteria from various DSM-related conditions.

Don’t be frightened by the words dependent, disorder, addiction, and particularly addict. The typical, media-influenced stereotypes of people who suffer from such concerns are, at best, exaggerated and, at worse, false. The truth is, addicts are not fully understood, primarily because they are commonly defined by their addiction rather than by whom they are as people. We need to ask ourselves, Is a woman who happens to be addicted to alcohol just an alcoholic or is she more—such as a mother, wife, sister, or friend? As you read this book, try to focus on the concepts and experiences presented herein and try to erase any preconceptions about what it means to be addicted. You will find it easier to grasp the general concepts and to recognize your own behaviors. Furthermore, the words addiction, dependent, and obsessive are used interchangeably throughout this book as a