1. Check up on the other person once a day to check on their whereabouts.
Possible escalating symptoms: You receive more than a dozen check-up calls or text messages every day. "What are you doing now?" "What time will you be back today?"... It feels like you're spying on them, but you feel uncomfortable if you don't know all their whereabouts.
No matter where you are, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, you'll immediately reach out to your ex whenever you want (even if they're in a meeting or sleeping). Some might even buy their ex a dedicated phone for communication, calling or texting at fixed times every day. Even after a breakup, some people continue to make silent calls or send blank text messages.
2. When your lover doesn't call back immediately, you feel a growing irritation.
Possible escalation symptoms: Relentlessly calling until he answers. Even if there's nothing serious, regardless of whether the call is answered or not, and regardless of whether the other party has a legitimate reason, will result in a furious outburst and endless questioning.
3. Whenever their partner receives a phone call, they will seemingly casually ask, "Who called?" If in doubt, they will press for further information.
Possible escalating symptoms: Gradually developing into logging into the other person's email, secretly checking their phone call history, inbox, or sent items. If they discover that the call or text message is from someone of the opposite sex, they might take it upon themselves to return the call and interrogate them about the relationship, etc. If the other person is close to someone else (whether of the same or opposite sex), they will feel dissatisfied and disappointed.
Despite having no evidence, he always suspected that the other party had a third party and firmly believed in his so-called "sixth sense," even going so far as to stalk the other party.
4. Required to have met each other's friends and colleagues.
Possible escalation symptoms: Based on your impressions of those people, you may gradually start interfering with their friendships. For example, you might restrict their continued association with someone you dislike.
5. Enjoy writing blogs and posting photos to share your happiness.
With mobile Weibo, updates become more frequent, and the link is shared with all friends and family for everyone to follow and share.
Possible escalation symptoms: This could develop into a "reporting addiction": "I'm up now," "The weather is really nice today," "I'm on the subway now," etc., reporting every little detail of one's actions to the other person via text message, even if the other person doesn't reply, they still enjoy it. After the breakup, they might retaliate by publicly displaying all the photos of the other person that shouldn't be made public.
6. Check horoscopes and other fortune-telling websites daily to keep track of your love life.
Potential escalating symptoms: This might manifest as a superstitious belief in all analyses, such as zodiac compatibility or lucky charms. If a horoscope predicts an argument today, they might subconsciously assume it will happen no matter what. Later, they might even interfere with their partner's choice of lucky colors. Whenever problems arise in the relationship, they invariably resort to astrological analysis instead of examining their own actions.
