Chris Kingman | Therapy Blog http://chriskingman.com/blog Emotional balance. Healthy relationships. Peace of mind. Fri, 15 Sep 2017 01:44:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 codependency & love addiction: are they the same thing? http://chriskingman.com/blog/love-addiction http://chriskingman.com/blog/love-addiction#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:15:51 +0000 http://chriskingman.com/blog/?p=6101 There's not much to be gained by trying to discern the differences in these two concepts. They came into existence and evolved, albeit during different decades, in reference to essentially the same set of dysfunctional patterns that many people exhibit in romantic relationships.

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