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.
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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…
Coffeehouse: you probably don’t have a personality disorder
How’s that for an arresting welcome to the LwL virtual coffeehouse? Hi. I’ve got something important to tell you. David, author…
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Limerence, obsessive love, and stalking
I recently came across a new academic paper about limerence, titled: Limerence, Hidden Obsession, Fixation, and Rumination: A Scoping Review of…
Why is it so hard to stop wanting someone?
Note: this is an updated version of a previous post. Limerence usually begins as an extraordinary emotional eruption. Early on, the…
Maturing out of addictions
I sometimes try to imagine what early love feels like for non-limerents. One of the tragedies of the two tribes, is…
Limerence Q&A
Here’s a recent Q&A I did for the channel Mental Wealth. All things limerence discussed and analysed. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIREmFsE5hk
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