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.
Unlock the knowledge that can help you thrive.
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
Guest post: The state of romantic love
One of the headaches of working on limerence is that scholarly research on love suffers from a problem of definitions. Lots…
Why are they so addictive?
Happy New Year to everyone at LwL! Here’s my latest video on what makes some people especially addictive. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/VpKXmZx7-1s?si=LdAoKl36qCqYTWFX
Coffeehouse: Limerence in The Holiday
Happy Christmas LwL peeps! This seasonal trip to the virtual coffeehouse was inspired by Onyx, who emailed to suggest that the…
The pain of long-term limerence
I generally talk about limerence as runaway reward seeking—as person addiction in the sense of chasing the intoxicating high of the…
How addictive is your LO?
One of the key principles for recovery from limerence here at LwL is: limerence is happening in your head. I stick…
The biggest limerence problems, reviewed
Back in the summer I asked the LwL community about the biggest problems that limerents face. It’s taken me a while…
Need urgent help with limerence?
The Emergency Deprogramming Course is a proven system to escape the altered mental state of limerence and recover your freedom.
Quickstart guides 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