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The “Action” Phase of Love Difficult for People with Love Addiction

If genuine love is an action, and not just a rush or an emotion, people who become entranced by romantic television or novels may remain in a state of searching for the next great romantic experience for years, or a lifetime. For many who can’t put down steamy novels or spend hours viewing romantic television, […]

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Can Women Be Addicted to Sex?

Unfortunately, there is not yet a formalized process for identifying, diagnosing, and treating women who struggle with sexual addiction. Furthermore, there is precious little research on women who sexually act out. This deficiency is in part related to many addiction and mental health professionals failing to recognize the subtleties of addictive and impulsive behavior patterns

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Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Due to Become Clinical Disorders

The idea that some eating is emotionally driven is not new, but experts suggest that when the emotional component leads to unhealthy over-eating, it could be a sign of mental or emotional dysfunction. Some experts have gone as far as creating an emotional eating spectrum for gauging how strongly feelings influence food choices. Most professionals

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Those Who Suffer from Depression Often Report Feeling Discriminated Against

Depression is a mental health condition which affects millions of people around the world. Depression can be mild or major but typically affects a person’s mood, energy and even self-perception. For many years mental health professionals have sought to remove the stigma attached to mental illness, attempting to present it as a part of overall

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Is Sex Addiction an Official Mental Health Diagnosis?

At this time, “sex addiction” is among the more hotly debated topics in the mental health community. This controversy is not without merit – there should always be a significant debate before any form of inherently healthy human behavior (such as sex) is clinically designated as pathological (unhealthy). The power to label must always be

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Eating Disorders May Serve as A Way to Focus Emotional Stress

So many disorders hinge upon a person’s maladaptive strategies for handling unpleasant emotions. Now a recent college undergraduate experiment points to emotional stress as a driver behind the development of eating disorders. A significant body of research currently exists to show how eating disorders are linked to perfectionistic attitudes toward weight and body size. But

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