The ObservatoryLove or need?
Six honest scales on the difference between loving someone and not being able to manage without them.
How it works
Rate your current (or most recent) close relationship. No answers are wrong; the pattern is the point.
Self-assessment in 1 steps, about 5 minutes. Doing it is part of Premium, which you try free for 7 days with no card. With Premium your answers are saved so you can pick up where you left off and look back at what you wrote.
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Why does it work?
Structured self-reflection, not a validated instrument. The questions distill the difference between interdependence and anxious dependence, a range supported by attachment research and self-determination theory (autonomy and relatedness are complements, not opposites; Deci & Ryan). The inspiration from Peele's analysis of love as addiction has been reinterpreted in modern terminology.
Account, your first assessment with the hexagon and one new measurement every quarter are free. The rest is part of Premium: SEK 99 a month or SEK 699 a year, VAT included.
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