Daydreaming about your future wedding, doodling someone’s name in your notebook, and making googly eyes at a person is totally normal. At first glance, all of these practices define a healthy, ...

Limerence is a term you may not be familiar with. It describes an involuntary, uncontrollable and obsessive desire for another person. This fixation can lead to significant distress, disrupting daily ...

Have you ever caught yourself replaying someone’s messages again and again, waiting for their reply like it decides your entire mood? That overwhelming fixation might not actually be love. Many ...

Limerence involves an obsessive infatuation with a specific person. This individual’s feelings toward the person with limerence are typically unclear. This can cause the individual with limerence to ...

They are the real person who is simultaneously a figure of fantasy, whose every appearance is destabilizing, whose every utterance must be decoded. For one thing, she has to deal with skeptical, ...

When David* logged onto my Zoom class in the spring 2021 semester of my senior year of college, I was elated. We’d “met” virtually in another class the previous semester, but lost touch during winter ...

The term "limerence" has been around since the 1970s, but it's been gaining traction lately, so if you haven't heard of it yet, you likely will. Although it's easy to think of limerence as a big crush ...

When David* logged onto my Zoom class in the spring 2021 term of my last year of university, I was elated. We’d 'met' virtually in another class previously, but lost touch during the Christmas break.

Anna checks her phone dozens of times a day, waiting for a message that never seems to come. A glance, a pause, or even a single word from the man she desires is enough to keep her awake at night, ...