Nicely cryptic title today. This post is the 400th post on the Living with Limerence site. That’s a lot of typing. And explains my posture I tend to use these milestones for myself - to …
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The links between limerence and anxious attachment
One of the most striking observations in the study of limerence is the link to anxious attachment. My attempt to estimate the prevalence of limerence in the general population suggests that 50-60% of …
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On the scientific evidence for limerence
One of the challenges in writing about limerence from a neuroscience perspective is that there is very little original research on limerence, specifically. It’s not a term or concept that has caught …
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Coffeehouse: demoralisation and despair
Another visit to the virtual coffee house of wisdom and camaraderie - where level heads put the world to rights, and wonky heads chitchat about whatever they please and meander wherever their fancy …
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Person addiction
Note: this is an updated version of an older post Limerence is an altered state of mind. That means its ultimate origins must lie in the brain. When Dorothy Tennov first defined limerence, she …
Is limerence a sign that something is wrong in life?
I often take a rather negative view of limerence. The majority of articles on the site come from the perspective that limerence needs to be managed or constrained or beaten or reversed, despite my …
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