Unrealistic Expectations : An Unhealthy Ingredient of Addictive Love
As human beings, we live our lives with certain expectations. For emotionally healthy individuals, expectations are more likely to be realistic and rational -- based on reality. For individuals whose emotional health is less-than healthy, expectations are often unrealistic and impractical – and this certainly is the case for the love addict in an addictive relationship. A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON FANTASY = UNREALISTIC/IDEALISTC EXPECTATIONS = ADDICTIVE LOVE The Love addict enters relationships with highly unrealistic expectations