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Erich Fromm on Relationship Addiction versus Love

Posted on October 31st, 2007 in Uncategorized by

Psychologist Erich Fromm says, “Mature love is union under the condition of preserving one’s integrity, one’s individuality.” In this kind of love, he says we “have an active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.”

The key word in addiction is “self-centeredness.” To love we need to transcend our own selfish desires, and that’s difficult work. When we elevate ourselves from the regime of selfishness to a regime of unselfishness where we can connect to other people, w can b sure that we are in love. After all, during the honeymoon period of a relationship we become consumed by our own wish to achieve happiness with the other person. And we can’t imagine this unity including such realities as fundamental differences in values, disagreement, conflict, and separation of one kind or another. But then why doesn’t this

Relationship Addiction versus Love

Posted on October 28th, 2007 in Uncategorized by

Often in my life, I have come across people who fall in and out of love like changing seasons and change their boy/girl friends like raincoats. What amuses me is that in each relationship they claim “to never have felt like this before” and claim that “this is love”.

What such people forget is that it is easy to confuse relationship addiction with love. But then who is a relationship addict? If your behaviour is making your life unmanageable and you are relying on someone else to get your unmet needs fulfilled, then it is time to think of yourself as a relationship addict.

So what’s the test, eh? Well, I put together some questions that specialists will ask you @ $$$ per hour. Read them carefully and consider for some time, if your answer for the below mentioned questions or majority of them is in affirmative

How to maintain safety in cyber relationships

Posted on October 25th, 2007 in Uncategorized by

Contacting over phone: It helps to know a person once you know how he sounds as a phone call receives a lot about a person’s social skills and also lustful intentions!  If you decide to speak with someone on the phone, give your cell phone number or ask the person for his number. It is also advisable to use telephone-blocking techniques so he can’t get your number through caller ID.

Public Place meetings: When meeting your online date in real it is essential to pick a public place in order to be safe. The time and place should both be a kept in mind as a matter of security. It is also advisable to take a friend along or to inform a friend about the date and fill in him/her with the other person’s contact information. It is also advisable to avoid being picked up or dropped before or after the

Maintaining safety in cyber relationships

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 in Relationship Problems by

With technology grasping our lives in every way possible, online dating is now a widely prevalent concept. With the entire world your community the concept of online dating is spreading fast. However, cyber relation ships come with a lot of lurking dangers behind them, and hence it is essential that one indulges in safe online dating to ward off the “undesirables”.

This article can only advice you and provide a few tips but ultimately you need to make the call.

Recognizing the lies and identifying the Mr. or Ms. Wrong.

When engaging in a cyber date it is essential to look beyond those little white lies and identify the potential date in his true sense. Your date is worth dumping

Love versus Sexual Addiction - part2

Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Relationship Problems by

In addiction, self-centeredness is to the core, and it hinders and impairs relating. However what is to be remembered is that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end or aim of our lives. If we have placed instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled back into disillusionment. But when we place spiritual growth first, then and only then do we have a real chance. It is then that we experience love. When a relationship passes the test of unselfishness it is then that it elevates from addiction to love, that when we can relate to the other person freely without the inhibitions of our own ‘self’.

Psychologist Stanton Peele comments about the addict’s self-centeredness in his words, “Unsure of his own identity, the addict sees other people as objects to serve his needs.” That’s why the focus on “meeting my needs” in relationships can be

Love versus Sexual Addiction

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in Relationship Problems by

I have often seen couples deeply in love yet not physically involved and on the other hand couples who confuse bodily lust with love. But then when in a relationship how do we distinguish between love and sexual addiction?

“Love is a many splendored thing,” an old sung goes. Almost all of us have fallen pry to love some time or the other in life, chased love enthusiastically and often played the fool. But maybe it’s all part of a natural state of existence, not an aberration. In a life where change is the only constant, and we’re all in a state of flux, is it any wonder that when we try to connect we “fall” into addiction instead of love? Yet this thought never ceases to wonder me.

Speaking of love, Freud noticed the link between “love” and “hypnotism.” He said, “From being in love to hypnosis is evidently only a short step.”  Then he described the lover’s “subjection…compliance…absence of criticism…sapping of

How to detect your date is lying -part2

Posted on October 13th, 2007 in Dating Tips - Women, Dating Tips - Men by

Your own inner cues:

Your sixth sense tells you that something is not right. Explanations do not feel enough for you and you feel confused or you find yourself squinting or angling your head. You feel a block or a wall between you and the other and feel that your wavelengths just don’t match.

In Internet dating, or any kind of dating for that matter, keep your anxiety down, your head attached, and listen to everything your date tells you in every way. People tell you about themselves constantly, from the very first second of contact. You just have to be willing to hear it. Not only do they tell you by what they do say, they tell you by what they don’t say.

Many of these cues can come from simple distraction or nervousness, not deceit. New daters have plenty of reasons to be

How to detect your date is lying

Posted on October 10th, 2007 in Dating Tips - Women, Dating Tips - Men by

In order to detect lies here’s what you need to pay attention to: 

1. How they use words, written, on the phone, or in person:

  • Talking faster or slower.
  • Changes in voice pitch.
  • Taking charge of conversation, attempts to distract you.
  • Continual denying of accusations.
  • Unusual voice fluctuations, word choice, sentence structure.
  • Stalling the conversation by repetitive use of pauses and comments like “um” or “you know.”
  • Lack of use of contractions.
  • Prefers emphasizing “not” when talking.
  • Being extremely defensive.
  • Saying “Trust me.”

Countering liars while finding a date online

Posted on October 7th, 2007 in Relationship Problems, Online Dating Services by

The concept of finding a date online might seem inviting to many but with it comes a hidden demon, called lie. Liars galore over the internet and people lurk around just to fulfill their sexual fantasies. Which makes it all the more important for you to understand people you want to date and check if they are lying before entering into any kind of a relationship.

Online dating is one of the top money making agendas on the internet and hence the users also have to face a lot of hoax, and trust me portals are of little help in finding your perfect someone. So it is up to you to check if your potential date is lying or not. This article brings you tips and checks you can apply to know the real person.

To begin with it is essential to know as to why people lie.

Cuddle Parties -the concept

Posted on October 4th, 2007 in Dating Tips - Women, Dating Tips - Men by

Practicing welcomed, affectionate touch without sexualizing it can improve relationships of all kinds. Touch is one of the five senses, and as such, it is one of the ways we learn about the world. It feeds and nurtures us. Thus, cuddle parties prove to be an effective way to suit our physical and mental needs for “demonstrative” love and affection.

Cuddle Parties shun the age old ideology that adults above the age of 15 do not need demonstrative affection. They recognise the basic need to be held, hugged, touched, stroked, caressed, piled atop on, reclined across, nuzzled, and affectionately massaged like kids. Cuddle Parties are a place to begin exploring and reclaiming the sense of affectionate touch and play we naturally displayed and enjoyed as children, and that we need to be happy, healthy adults.

However, to prevent these parties from turning into a sexual orgy, the hosts provide the participants with safeguards and