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Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love
It's not destiny, it's limerence. And it has a name. 🧠💭
Who it's for
Many people stuck on someone feel alone and a little ashamed of how much of their mind the person takes up.
Consumed, anxious→Understood, steadier
Feelings it meets
What it is
Psychologist Dorothy Tennov coined the word 'limerence' for the all-consuming state of being madly in love when it is unclear whether the feelings are returned, drawing on questionnaires, diaries and hundreds of interviews.
Where to find it
In print from Scarborough House / Rowman & Littlefield and in ebook; held by many libraries.
Before you start
Heads up: Painful unrequited love.
Age: Adult
He's more myself than I am.Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Chapter IX
