Limerence is more random, confusing, and obsessive than a crush. People on TikTok have been sharing their limerence experiences and solutions. A therapist said people with ADHD and autism are more ...

Limerence involves an obsessive infatuation with a specific person. This individual’s feelings toward the person with limerence are typically unclear. This can cause the individual with limerence to ...

For most of my adolescent and adult dating life, I longed, sometimes obsessively, for someone to want me back. I would waste time and energy fantasizing about relationships with men who I inexplicably ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. “Limerence” in a relationship refers to a situation where ...

There's this person. You have shared a few conversations with them. Every time you learn something new about this person, you like them a little bit more. Little by little, they occupy your mind until ...

Limerence describes an intense, obsessive infatuation for another person, known as the “limerent object” (LO). It often involves an intense fear of rejection and longing for reciprocation. Unlike ...