Limerence vs. Love: Similarities
Here are a couple of ways that the two are frustratingly similar.
- You are drawn to a certain person. Confusing hardly does it justice. When you’re in limerence with someone, it’s similar to falling in love. The attraction is real. It is a form of infatuation which can mirror the early stages of falling in love where you obsessively think about the other person.
- It can happen with anyone, anytime. You never know when you’re about to fall in love and it can happen with the most implausible people. As it turns out, limerence is the same.
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Limerence: the state of infatuation or obsession with another person that involves an all-consuming passion and intrusive thoughts.
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