Limerence has been popularized through self help books and thousands of chat rooms have dedicated themselves into the topic itself.

While limerence might not seem like a serious problem, it can actually affect anyone regardless of age, race, and sexuality. For people who have coexisting mental illness, trauma history, and the likes are more prone to limerence.

People who are in limerence experience heartache more intensely. They might develop mental health issues depending on the severity of the distress caused by "liking someone too much."

According to Dr. Richard Taylor, experiencing limerence is like having reverse PTSD, in which ins...