It's the end of another year, and quite an eventful one for the Dr L household. Long time readers may have noticed that I tend to get a bit of fire in my belly come New Year, and start outlining …
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Holiday limerence
Anniversaries are a perilous time for limerence. Significant dates hold a surprising amount of psychological weight, and tend to sharpen already brittle emotions. The cultural expectations of …
Is limerence personal or universal?
One of the challenges of taking an academic approach to studying limerence is that so much of the evidence about it comes from personal testimony. When Dorothy Tennov first proposed the concept of …
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Coffeehouse: the comfort of the familiar
Time for another virtual sip at the LwL coffeehouse. Tasty Today's topic of conversation (or at least, the starting point - I know you wonderful, crazy folks ramble wherever you may) is inspired …
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How risky are limerent fantasies?
Limerent reverie - daydreaming and fantasising about consummation with your limerent object - is a habit that almost all limerents indulge in. It is a private pleasure, a secret source of reward, a …
Limerence limbo
Note: this is an updated version of an older post. One of the most disruptive mental traps linked to limerence is the state of indefinite tension best described as limerence limbo. We are …