What Your Texts Reveal About Your Relationship

Your couple conversations contain a stunning amount of information about your relationship. Every message sent, every response time, every emoji used, every word chosen — all of this forms a clinical picture that psychology can now read with precision. The problem is that nobody takes the time to analyze them. Until now.

What is ScanMyLove?

ScanMyLove is a platform for analyzing romantic conversations founded on 14 validated clinical psychology models. It's not a gadget or a fun test to share on social media. It's a serious tool, designed by a CBT psychotherapist, that applies to your written exchanges the same analytical frameworks a professional would use in their office.

The idea is simple: your daily messages — those hundreds or thousands of texts exchanged with your partner — reveal deep relational patterns. Power dynamics. Attachment styles. Cognitive distortions. Warning signals you don't see because you're inside the relationship.

ScanMyLove makes these patterns visible.

Three fundamental principles guide the platform:

• Scientific rigor: each analyzed dimension is based on models proven in psychology (Gottman, Young, Bowlby, Sternberg, etc.)
• Complete anonymity: no registration, no data stored, no tracking cookies
• Accessibility: a free dashboard already provides valuable insights before any purchase

How does the analysis work?

The process is intentionally simple, so technology fades behind psychology.

Step 1: Import your conversation

Go to the import page and upload your conversation file. ScanMyLove accepts exports from WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger, Instagram, SMS, as well as CSV and XML files. You can also import screenshots from any application: iMessage, Snapchat, Tinder, Bumble, Hinge — optical recognition transcribes the messages.

Import your conversation

Step 2: Local and secure parsing

Your conversation is analyzed directly on your device. Data doesn't transit through a remote server for this step. The parsing identifies the two participants, timestamps each message, and structures everything for analysis.

Step 3: Instant free dashboard

In just seconds, you access a complete, free dashboard that presents the major statistical trends in your conversation.

Step 4: In-depth analysis report

If you want to go deeper, the paid report applies the 14 psychological frameworks to your exchanges and produces a personalized clinical analysis, with concrete recommendations.

The free dashboard

Before spending a single cent, ScanMyLove offers you a rich preview of your conversational dynamic. The free dashboard includes:

Conversation statistics

Total message count, word count per person, exchange ratio (who writes the most), average message length. These figures seem trivial, but they already reveal a lot. A marked imbalance in the ratio — for example 70/30 — can indicate a demand-withdraw dynamic, a classic pattern identified in Gottman's research.

Temporal heatmap

A heat map showing who writes when. Time slots, days of the week, activity peaks. You might discover that your longest exchanges happen late at night (sign of emotional intimacy), or that one of you almost never initiates writing (possible avoidance).

Most used keywords and emojis

The words you use most often draw an emotional map of your relationship. Lexical analysis makes it possible to identify the dominant tone: warm, factual, conflictual, distant. Emojis, meanwhile, are powerful affective markers — their frequency and diversity reveal a lot about emotional expressiveness in the couple.

Average response time

The average response time of each person is a subtle but revealing indicator. Very short response times can reflect anxious attachment or relationship hypervigilance. Systematically long times may indicate an avoidant style or progressive disengagement. What matters isn't the absolute number, but the asymmetry between partners.

Message distribution

Visualization of distribution over time makes it possible to spot phases of closeness and distance in the relationship, periods of crisis, and any repetitive cycles.

The analysis report

This is the heart of ScanMyLove. The report applies the 14 psychological models to your conversation and produces a structured, clinical yet accessible analysis.

Essential Report — €1.90

The Essential report includes 8 sections covering fundamental dimensions of your relationship:

• Attachment style of each partner (secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized)
• The 4 Gottman horsemen: presence or absence of criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling in your exchanges
• Positive/negative ratio: does your couple achieve the famous 5:1 ratio of stable couples?
• Identified cognitive distortions: mind reading, overgeneralization, personalization, emotional reasoning
• Power dynamic: who initiates, who decides, who gives in
• Émotional reactivity: how each person responds to stress in conversation
• Relationship prognosis: an overall assessment of your relationship's health
• First recommendations: concrete improvement ideas

Premium Report — €9.90

The Premium report includes the entire Essential report, plus:

• Young's schemas: identification of 18 early maladaptive schemas that may activate in your relationship (abandonment, mistrust, subjugation, high standards, etc.)
• Personalized action plan: a structured program with concrete exercises tailored to your couple's profile
• 30 chat messages with your report: ability to ask contextual questions
• Downloadable PDF: a professional document you can keep, re-read, or bring to a consultation

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Chat with your report

This is one of ScanMyLove's most appreciated features. Once your report is generated, you can dialogue directly with the analysis to deepen any point.

Concretely, this means you can ask questions like:

• "Why is my attachment score anxious?"
• "What does the contempt identified in our messages actually mean?"
• "What can we do to improve our positive/negative ratio?"
• "Is my partner avoidant or just introverted?"

The chat contextualizes its answers based on your own messages. It doesn't give generic advice found on any blog — it talks about your relationship, with examples from your conversation.

The Premium report includes 30 chat messages. For Essential report users, message packs are available as add-ons: 10 messages (Discovery) or 30 messages (In-depth).

Security and anonymity

Confidentiality is non-negotiable when it comes to intimate conversations. ScanMyLove was designed with a zero data retention policy:

• No conversation is stored. Your file is processed then immediately deleted. No database keeps your messages.
• No registration required. No account to create, no email to provide (except for payment via Stripe).
• Secure payment. Transactions go through Stripe, the world's leading online payment provider. ScanMyLove never sees your banking information.
• No tracking cookies. No advertising tracking, no data resale.
• Reports are temporary. Download tokens expire after 24 hours.

Your conversation remains your business. Period.

The 14 psychological models used

What distinguishes ScanMyLove from a simple message counter is the depth of analysis. Each conversation is screened through 14 clinical frameworks recognized in the scientific literature:

1. The Gottman model (the 4 horsemen and the 5:1 ratio)

John Gottman identified four behaviors that predict séparation with 93% accuracy: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling. ScanMyLove detects these patterns in your messages. It also calculates your ratio of positive/negative interactions — stable couples maintain at least 5 positive interactions for every 1 negative.

2. Young's schemas (18 early maladaptive schemas)

Jeffrey Young described 18 schemas developed in childhood that reactivate in adult relationships: abandonment, mistrust, emotional deprivation, imperfection, subjugation, unrelenting standards, etc. Your messages can reveal which schemas are active in each partner.

3. Attachment styles (Bowlby/Ainsworth)

Attachment theory distinguishes four styles: secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and disorganized. Attachment style manifests clearly in written communication — message frequency, reaction to silence, need for reassurance.

4. Sternberg's triangle (intimacy, passion, commitment)

Robert Sternberg describes complete love as the combination of three components. Analysis of your messages evaluates the presence of each in your daily communication.

5. The 5 love languages (Chapman)

Gary Chapman identified five ways to express and receive love. Your messages reveal your dominant language: words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, gifts, physical touch.

6. Nonviolent Communication (NVC — Rosenberg)

NVC structures communication in four steps: observation, feeling, need, request. ScanMyLove evaluates the extent to which each partner uses — or fails to use — this framework.

7. The DISC model (behavioral profiles)

Four profiles — Dominant, Influent, Steady, Conscientious — that help understand differences in communication style within the couple.

8. Karpman's triangle (Rescuer / Victim / Persecutor)

This transactional analysis model detects psychological games that couples lock themselves into without realizing it.

9. The Johari window (blind spots)

A model that identifies what each person shows, hides, ignores, and shares in the relationship — revealing areas of transparency and unspoken issues.

10. Schutz's FIRO model (inclusion, control, affection)

Three interpersonal dimensions that structure fundamental needs in the couple and explain many misunderstandings.

11. Polyvagal theory (Porges)

How your autonomic nervous system responds in conversation: social mode (ventral vagal), fight/flight mode (sympathetic), freeze mode (dorsal vagal). Your messages bear the trace of these physiological states.

12. Walker's cycle (intimate partner violence)

Lenore Walker described the three-phase cycle — tension, explosion, honeymoon — that characterizes abusive relationships. ScanMyLove can detect these cyclical patterns in exchanges.

13. The Duluth wheel (coercive control)

A model that identifies control mechanisms in the relationship: isolation, intimidation, minimization, using children, financial control.

14. Cognitive distortions (CBT)

Cognitive-behavioral thérapies have identified more than 15 thinking distortions that sabotage relationships: mind reading, catastrophizing, emotional reasoning, overgeneralization, personalization, mental filter.

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Who is ScanMyLove for?

Couples in doubt

"We don't understand each other anymore." "Something has changed but I don't know what." "We argue all the time about trifles." If these phrases resonate with you, ScanMyLove can help you put words — and frameworks — on what you intuitively feel. The analysis doesn't replace couples therapy, but it can serve as a starting point for an honest conversation with your partner, or for an initial consultation with a professional.

After a breakup

Understanding what happened is often necessary to move forward. ScanMyLove allows you to reread your story through a clinical lens: which schemas activated? Which Gottman horsemen were present? What was your respective attachment style? This understanding isn't just intellectual — it's profoundly therapeutic. It transforms "I don't understand why this happened" into "I now see the dynamics that were at play."

Preventively

The strongest couples aren't those who never have problems — they're those who catch the signals before it's too late. Is the positive/negative ratio starting to drop? Is an avoidance pattern setting in? Are cognitive distortions multiplying? ScanMyLove alerts you before these trends become entrenched habits.

Support professionals

Psychologists, psychotherapists, life coaches, couples therapists: ScanMyLove can serve as a complementary tool in your practice. The report provides an objective basis for exploring relational dynamics with your clients. Several professionals already recommend the platform to their patients as an "exercise between sessions."

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ScanMyLove is a psychological analysis tool, not a substitute for therapy. If you are experiencing intimate partner violence, call 3919 (Domestic Violence Info) or 3114 (national suicide prevention number). In case of immediate danger, text 114.

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Watch: Go Further

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