Welcome to Living with Limerence
Learn all about limerence and how to live with it, how to improve your relationships as a limerent (or partner of a limerent), and how to recover when you are caught in the mental trap of obsessive infatuation.
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What is limerence?
Information about limerence and how to manage it
A guide for professionals
The evidence base for limerence summarised for coaches and therapists
How to get rid of limerence
Practical steps to overcoming destructive infatuation
The essential guide to limerence
Everything you ever wanted to know about limerence and how to live with it in one handy guide
The Limerence quiz
Are you a limerent? Find out by taking this quick quiz:
The Blog
All the latest articles about limerence and how to survive it.
Latest comments
Coffeehouse: it’s all in the eyes
Time for another topic of conversation in the coffeehouse. Smooth and stimulating A few days ago I had an email from…
Friendship after limerence
A couple of days ago, Oldtimer jumped into the comments section of an old post about the implausibility of being friends…
Incompatible limerent objects
One of the recurring themes of the blog is the tension that often exists between limerence and long-term love. Sometimes, when…
Taking action to improve your life
At the start of the year, I began a series of posts on the elements of purposeful living. It’s turned out…
Coffeehouse: managing competing demands
Long time readers of the blog will have noticed that I periodically reflect on how to best manage the site, given…
The overselling of pop neuroscience
Last week, Limerent Emeritus drew my attention to a thought-provoking article in the Washington Post about a how some self-help books…
Quickstart guides, community forum and online courses
All the resources we have for how to survive limerence and live with purpose. Find the support you need.
Contact
Find out more about Dr L and the living with limerence community