It was always inevitable that I was going to write a book about limerence, and I am delighted to let you all know that it is coming out soon. Watch this space!
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I believe that every single person reading this could benefit significantly from cultivating more self-love. From learning how to cultivate a stronger, purer positive feeling of love directed at yourself. This may sound like generic drivel, or contrived social media positivity – but I mean it wholeheartedly, and want you to really suspend your disbelief here and consider how why you, personally, should love yourself a lot more.
In this post, I want to a) remind you that your LO's 'unique, attractive' traits have serious downsides and b) teach you how to shift your focus to this reality to support your recovery.
In comparison to stable and requited love, limerence is an all-consuming and powerful phenomenon that involves a neurobiological addiction to attention from the desired person. A complex and painful experience, it encompasses not only sharp, giddying highs and lows, but also a strong sense of having found one's 'true love'; in fact, most limerents believe that they have found the love of their life and that their feelings will never fade. Here are eight hallmark features of limerence. If most of these resonate you, you are certainly experiencing a temporary limerent episode and must make distancing yourself healing a priority.
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