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Life Kit: Overcoming romantic obsession
Can't stop checking their profile? Here's how to get your head back. 🎧
Who it's for
A short, practical episode for when a crush or ex has taken over your thoughts.
Fixated, restless→Grounded, hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
In this episode of NPR's Life Kit, host Marielle Segarra talks with neuroscientist Tom Bellamy, author of Smitten, about limerence, a romantic infatuation marked by emotional highs and lows, intrusive thoughts and idealisation.
Where to find it
NPR Life Kit feed on NPR.org, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast apps; companion article on NPR.org.
Before you start
Heads up: Romantic obsession and heartbreak.
Age: Not rated (suggested 14+)
By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 197
