Limerence isn’t love. It feels like love. It looks like love. But psychologically, it’s closer to addiction than connection. Limerence is that intense, obsessive infatuation where your mind hooks onto someone and won’t let go. You replay conversations, analyze every message, reread texts like they’re a sacred script. Your mood rises and falls based on their attention. One reply can make your entire day. Silence from them feels physically painful. If you’ve experienced limerence, you know the fee

Limerence. It's a word most have not heard of. But it is a word that many may relate to. We may go through the motions of obsessing over someone (whether it be an ex lover or someone we barely know) and unsure what this feeling is or why it's so intense. We honestly may not even know why the obsession with this person or ex or friend is so strong and question is something wrong with us, was this the love of our life and this is what it feels like or do I have love addiction? Or maybe we're like