Possessive Love – The Most Overlooked Relationship RED Flag

Описание: 💬 “He said he just cared. That he was only trying to protect me…”

At first, it felt like love.

Now it feels like you’re being watched, monitored, controlled.

In this video, we’re breaking down what I call The Possessive Partner Paradox—how love, fear, and control often get tangled, and how to spot the difference before it becomes toxic.

🧠 I’m Jourdan Travers, Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist & Clinical Director at Awake Therapy—and today we’re diving deep into the psychology of possessiveness and how to recognize when it’s care... and when it’s control.

🔎 What You’ll Learn:
✔ The difference between “protectiveness” and possessiveness
✔ Why fear often masquerades as devotion
✔ How low self-worth drives controlling behavior
✔ The psychology behind benefit-inducing vs. cost-inflicting love
✔ What subtle (healthy) possessiveness looks like
✔ And two powerful questions to ask when love starts to feel limiting

📌 Timestamps:
00:00- The fine line between care and control
00:45- What is the Possessive Partner Paradox?
01:05- Mate retention: healthy vs. harmful love
02:52- Mate value and the insecurity trap
04:49- What subtle, non-toxic possessiveness looks like

📖 Backed By Research:
🔗 A 2022 study found that cost-inflicting behaviors—like guilt-tripping, surveillance, and controlling tone—are directly tied to lower relationship satisfaction.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
🔗 A large-scale analysis of 178 couples revealed that control-driven love is one of the top predictors of emotional disconnection in long-term partnerships.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...

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