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Is it impossible to let go — despite the pain?
• Do you yearn for someone who is not physically or emotionally available to you?
• Do you believe that if you love him enough he will have to love you?
• When you feel insecure, does it drive you only to want her more?
• Do you find yourself phoning repeatedly or waiting long hours for the phone to ring?
Do you wish someone would let go of you?
• Does an ex-lover or ex-spouse refuse to believe that it’s over?
• Do you receive unwanted phone calls, letters, presents, or visits?
• Is this pursuit of you creating so much anxiety that it affects your physical or emotional well-being?
In this invaluable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward presents vivid case histories as well as the real-life voices of men and women caught in the grip of obsessive passion.
Whether you’re an obsessive lover or the target of such an obsession, here is a proven, step-by-step program that shows you how to recognize the “connection compulsion,” what causes it, and how to break its hold on your life so that you can go on to build healthy, lasting, and pain-free relationships.
• Do you yearn for someone who is not physically or emotionally available to you?
• Do you believe that if you love him enough he will have to love you?
• When you feel insecure, does it drive you only to want her more?
• Do you find yourself phoning repeatedly or waiting long hours for the phone to ring?
Do you wish someone would let go of you?
• Does an ex-lover or ex-spouse refuse to believe that it’s over?
• Do you receive unwanted phone calls, letters, presents, or visits?
• Is this pursuit of you creating so much anxiety that it affects your physical or emotional well-being?
In this invaluable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward presents vivid case histories as well as the real-life voices of men and women caught in the grip of obsessive passion.
Whether you’re an obsessive lover or the target of such an obsession, here is a proven, step-by-step program that shows you how to recognize the “connection compulsion,” what causes it, and how to break its hold on your life so that you can go on to build healthy, lasting, and pain-free relationships.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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Good at making you understand you are not alone in obsessing about someone.....and making it seem like an 'understandable' disorder. Also, excellent in explaining the relevance of past relationships with parents or other significant adults in the way you relate in your adult life, and who you choose.
I didn't find the recovery advice of much use - but then, maybe it would work for someone else.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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I have read this book at least over 10 times. It is definitely worthy of high respect if understood at an emotional level and not just an intellectual level.
The practical advice I found, was difficult to put into practice without the help of a counsellor, but this may not be so for everyone. Recovery of obsession is certainly easier said than done, but with understanding of reasons for being hooked in this painful sometimes life threatening situation, it has definitely clear views on the root courses of obsession.
I highly recommend this book as it certainly changed my perception of relationships with others, especially parents, family members and partner relationships - for the better. It also made me aware of what was possibly coming my way and I was able to recognise uncomfortable situations and leads to possible obsessive behaviour in myself.
A very enlightening book indeed.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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As a result of reading this book, I felt it was aimed pretty much just at people with a love obsession problem who were actually in relationships - or once had been in a relationship - with the people obsession targets in question. I found it didn't cover hardly any specific information on helping people who experience crush/infatuation obsessions on others who are either strangers to them or else barely know them - yet with it still being disruptive to their lives. This was something I initially thought I'd get from this book - going by the brief paragraph or two on this that was included in the excerpt I read before deciding to purchase my copy. But after reading through the whole thing I was pretty disappointed. I did find some of the recovery advice helpful. But overall this book wasn't really an ideal fit for me. In the end I found the ideas in the book "Freedom from Addiction" by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell much more helpful.
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