Limerence or infatuated love is a state of mind resulting from unrequited love. It makes an individual become attracted to another person (most of the opposite gender) and typically includes obsessive behaviour and thoughts, desire, and fantasies to start or maintain a relationship with the object of unrequited love, and have those feelings reciprocated.
2. Limerence in
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Limerence definition – a state of mind resulting from
romantic attraction, characterized by feelings of
euphoria, the desire to have one’s feelings
reciprocated, etc
3. Limerence or infatuated love is a
state of mind resulting from
unrequited love. It makes an
individual become attracted to
another person (most of the
opposite gender) and typically
includes obsessive behavior and
thoughts, desire, and fantasies to
start or maintain a relationship with
the object of unrequited love, and
have those feelings reciprocated.
WHAT ARE THE MEANINGS
OF LIMERENCE?
4. If you have desires for someone to
where it drives you insane and
demented in a way you have never
felt before, whether it is passionate
or just sexual desires, or whether or
not the other person knows it, this is
a clear symptom of Limerence.
WHAT CAUSES LIMERENCE
There are so many causes of limerence to watch out for, mainly during
the initial stages of a relation. Some of them include:
5. “Limerence” sheds light on a
specific domain of love in a
scientific manner and is
considered as a subjective and
enthusiastic condition of being
attached to or even fixated on
someone.
Limerence: Its
Characteristics
6. Strong emotional
impulses:
Unable to think or act clearly without
distraction and preoccupation with the LO to
an unhealthy point.
Work often suffers and decision-making and
normal concentration is affected.
7. You Idealize Them And
Everything They Do.
You Idealize Them And
Everything They Do.
Wonderful qualities in them are
magnified, and negative
qualities are minimized,
whether only in your own head
or while talking to other people
about them.
Red flags are definitely
ignored.
8. Seeing the Limerent Object as
perfect, without flaws.
Limerence has an idealized image of the LO.
They either cannot see the red flags in the LO
or if they do, they will simply ignore them. The
unfortunate side effect to this is that many
Limerents enter relationships with incompatible
LO’s.
9. Unrequited limerence could be a
fervent feeling that leads to
infatuation and uncontrollable
yearning for another person, known
as a limerent object or LO.
Unrequited Limerence