{"id":7655,"date":"2012-08-15T07:46:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T07:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/wp3\/?page_id=7655"},"modified":"2014-10-07T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T18:27:20","slug":"loveromance-addiction-questionnaire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomfrommedom.com\/wp3\/loveromance-addiction-questionnaire","title":{"rendered":"Romance Addiction Questionnaire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Are you easily in love with being in love?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Do you like melodrama: being a rescued victim or the hero?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Are longing and melancholy familiar to you?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Do you gravitate to romance novels or movies?<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Is being wanted extremely important to you?<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Is the attraction phase of a relationship what matters most?<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Do you live in a future of perfected love?<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Do you look for love?<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Are your fantasy outcomes often disappointing?<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Is there a familiar pattern in your selection of partners?<\/span><\/li>\n
  11. Do you get high on the rush of intoxicating feelings?<\/span><\/li>\n
  12. Do you self medicate with relationships?<\/span><\/li>\n
  13. Do you compromise your values when in love?<\/span><\/li>\n
  14. Is heartbreak familiar?<\/span><\/li>\n
  15. Is your choice of music romantic, dramatic or euphoric?<\/span><\/li>\n
  16. Do you wander off mentally or physically when the romantic high wears off?<\/span><\/li>\n
  17. Do you have long distance affairs or affairs with the unavailable?<\/span><\/li>\n
  18. Do you have unrealistic expectations of the love object?<\/span><\/li>\n
  19. Do you feel anxiety when the romantic object is absent?<\/span><\/li>\n
  20. Do you suffer withdrawal symptoms when the romantic object is not there?<\/span><\/li>\n
  21. Do you suffer from depression related to your romantic affairs?<\/span><\/li>\n
  22. Do you obsess about love or the love object?<\/span><\/li>\n
  23. Do you chase the illusion?<\/span><\/li>\n
  24. Do you fantasize about those you are not in a relationship with?<\/span><\/li>\n
  25. Do you find romanticizing soothes you?<\/span><\/li>\n
  26. Are you lured by intermittent reinforcement (periodic attention)?<\/span><\/li>\n
  27. Have you ever stalked the love object or called to check up on the love object?<\/span><\/li>\n
  28. Does your romanticizing interfere with other areas of your life: family, children, work, spiritual, relational, financial?<\/span><\/li>\n
  29. Do your friends ever confront you on your romantic encounters?<\/span><\/li>\n
  30. Do you like living on the edge of perfected love?<\/span><\/li>\n
  31. Do you escape through rich fantasy life?<\/span><\/li>\n
  32. Do you crave ecstasy feelings?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Check yes or no to the above. These are signs of romance addiction. 12 or more affirmative answers indicate that romance is being used like a drug of choice and may be an addiction. Remember that romance can be a delightful part of our love relationships and bring out the best in us. It is when we have become over identified with this experience that it hurts a person.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Developed by Brenda Schaeffer<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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