A couple of months ago, I laid out a plan for what I wanted to achieve with Living with Limerence in the months ahead. Part 1 of the plan was to create some workshops to solve specific limerence …
More thoughts on obsessive thoughts
Busy with travelling and finishing the workshop this week, so here's my latest video on how intrusive thoughts and rumination make addiction worse. https://youtu.be/zNJnOtO7aCk Reminder that …
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Being in denial
A really interesting discussion broke out recently in the Surviving Partner Limerence community, about the phenomenon of denial. Some limerents flat out refuse to accept that there is any problem …
How thought loops make limerence worse
I've always approached limerence from the perspective of a neuroscientist. I think it's fascinating how the basic mechanisms of the reward and bonding systems can escalate a thrilling and …
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Escape from limerence when you can’t go No Contact
This week's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5uFIpp6Gy0 If you’re trapped in a mental state of limerence—a state of intense romantic infatuation—one of the best ways to recover is to go …
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Oversharing
Note: This is an updated version of an older blog post. One of the common symptoms of limerence, is an overwhelming desire to tell your limerent object everything about yourself. Many limerents …