Love Obsession

[redblue22]

Sometimes I wonder if "falling in love" really just means making someone else your obsession. Has anyone ever been obsessed with love or a person or had someone else obsessed with you? I wonder what the compulsions might be then.

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[gracealone]

Remember that OCD is a fear based disorder so unless there is anxiety or fear that accompanies the idea that you are "in love" with someone then I wouldn't think it had much to do with OCD. I know that there are different kind of obsessional behaviors that have nothing to do with OCD.
Relationship OCD is a different animal. You really do love a person very deeply but the OCD can make you think or feel that you don't and when you think that it's horribly distressing.
My two cents.
Mitzi

Sometimes I wonder if "falling in love" really just means making someone else your obsession. Has anyone ever been obsessed with love or a person or had someone else obsessed with you? I wonder what the compulsions might be then.

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[lilipunzel]

The fear woulkd probably become the fear of losing this person. The compulsion might be asking for reassurance or calling them often or multiple times a day. I have treated love obsessions. We all have the potential to become obsessed. We need to take care to not begin compulsively caling the person or checking up on them, not ask for reassuranceLove atachments also exist on a continnuum from healthy to obsessive. One must determinbe if they have crossed the line and stop the com;ulsions. That will begin to ease up on the obsessions as the compusions are reinforcing of the fear.