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Delusion Of Love May Create Erotomania

by Dawn Pugh

Delusion Of Love May Create Erotomania;

Is your Love a form of Psychosis?

There has been research to show that Love can have similar effects to that of a state of psychosis. In a moment I will tell you more about the said research but first;

Remember that feeling when you met your first love? You can’t sleep. It was hard to concentrate because that person was always on your mind. Whenever you are with this person, you are filled with energy. You feel like there is no need for sleep.

Times when you seemed to see their face, or hear their voice; smell their cologne or perfume without the person being any where in sight,

Could these be hallucinations?

Do you get anxious when you are about to meet your lover?

Do you feel that sometimes you feel like there are rituals that you need to do to win their approval?

Taking showers more than usual like three times within an hour.

Count 1 to 7 five times to give you that luck that you need for your date.

Does everything need to be perfect?

If you do, then you might be having symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

When separated from your lover do you sometimes experience mood fluctuations similar to mild Bi Polar Disorder?

As long as these feelings are not extreme like “Erotomania” you have nothing to be concerned about.

“Erotomania is a rare disorder whereby the subject holds a delusional belief that another person is in love with him or her. The illness is often associated with delusional disorders such as schizophrenia. The term Erotomania is sometimes confused with “obsessive love” or hyper sexuality”.

Source: Wikipedia

The purpose of the research into Erotomania was to evaluate current criteria for diagnosing and classifying primary and secondary Erotomaniacs.

Sufferers were interviewed covering personal and family details. DSM-IV and  another criteria which was an adaptation of Ellis and Mellsop’s gave suggestions for the diagnosis of primary and secondary Erotomania.

Most were isolated, without a partner or full-time occupation. 40% had a first-degree relative with a psychiatric history and of that half had a first-degree relative with a mono-delusional disorder.

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