Limerence or love: How do you know if you are romantically obsessed or in love

“I can't stop thinking about him/her” is a thought that all people have when they find no response from the object of their lust, yet the love they feel may actually be limerence. The term limerence was coined in 1979 by the psychologist Dorothy Tennov and describes romantic obsession, that is, the mental state in which the person in love becomes emotionally attached to the person they want, without tangible evidence. Simply put, she watches every movement of his lust and interprets from an erotic point of view any behavior towards his person, even an innocent “hello” without exaggeration, wrote the New York Post in a related article. It also has a key difference from love. The person in love never confesses their feelings, or on the rare occasion that they do, the other party is indifferent and almost always pays no attention to the person in love afterwards. For example, if X person confesses his love to P, experience […]
Source: News Beast

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