Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. When love feels more like fear than security, it may be a sign of codependency.

Why do people misidentify control as love? Here are three ways to answer that question. Not everything that looks like love to begin with actually turns out to be true. Sometimes, what feels intense ...

As a couples counselor, clinical psychologist, and someone who asks friends about intimate details of their marriages as frequently as others ask friends about their weekend plans, I think I have ...

In the age of social media, buzzwords like "toxic" and "narcissistic" fill our phone screens. Like many clinicians who specialize in working with survivors of relational trauma, I find that my clients ...

While we've all tossed the term "narcissist" around casually, actual narcissism is far more complex than just someone who posts too many selfies. Narcissistic traits exist on a spectrum, with some ...

In our desire to understand, manage, or untangle our relationships, we are constantly trying to view them through different lenses, struggling to connect the dots: Is it about me or about him? Has the ...

When speaking with women about their past dating experiences, especially those who are now in happy relationships or marriages, they tend to share the same kinds of stories. Whether it's dealing with ...

The science behind our brains is, unsurprisingly, complex. There are approximately 86 billion neurons in the human brain, which form 100 trillion connections to each other – a number so big it can be ...

There are so many questions when it comes to love. How do you know if you’re in love? Why do you fall out of love? Is it possible to fall in love at first sight? We often think of love just in terms ...