A Personal Limerence Journal Entry

A Personal Limerence Journal Entry

Part of the pain of limerence is feeling alone and stuck in a state of shame. It can feel like you’re totally alone. To that end, I want to share some of my own experience as I was reflecting on my mid-point with limerence when I was in a hope/despair cycle with physical symptoms as well as mental and emotional anguish and couldn’t rid myself of the intrusive thoughts and fantasies:

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The Most Misunderstood Form of Love: Limerence

The Most Misunderstood Form of Love: Limerence

I always knew I fell in love hard, but it wasn’t until limerence hit me that I knew something was different. When I started my quest to figure out what was happening to me, I could barely find any information at first. Obsessive love kept popping up on web searches, but there was a creepy vibe to that term that just seemed off - with the feeling of an inevitable diagnosis of crazy. I knew I wasn’t crazy, but I was definitely crazy in love… With the wrong person, at the wrong time. Who may or may not have felt the same way. Or couldn’t….The roller coaster ride of limerence is intoxicating, overwhelming and all consuming.

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When It's More Than A Crush

When It's More Than A Crush

It can start out as an innocent interest and attraction to someone. That quickening butterflies in the stomach feeling that flutters to your heart when you see them or they come to mind.

Then… for some of us, this feeling can crystalize (often without warning) into feelings that make the word “crush” feel too trivial and even childish. You wonder if this is what love really is or is supposed to feel like —

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