This week's YouTube video is all about how to tell when you've been limerent for too long: https://youtu.be/BnTOkHFTQRs?si=eqhp_LIcujSPBf8V Half the population of the world experience early …
The language of love
Following on from last week’s guest post on the history of love research, the central point that “it’s often simply unclear who is talking about what,” captures a lot of the difficulties of …
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 …
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 limerent object. Gimme gimme gimme That’s definitely the route …
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 by that principle, as it's both true and useful. Nobody else can fix the …
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 giddy infatuation is glorious - enlivening, elating, …
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