It’s a psychological concept and is an involuntary state of intense obsession and longing for another person. While it was first coined back in 1970s, it’s having somewhat of a resurgence on TikTok ...

Smitten vibes or unhealthy obsession?

I’m a 32-year-old woman with a problem I’ve recently learned is called “limerence,” and it’s destroying my life. Every few years, I become completely obsessed with someone — usually someone ...

In 1979, Dorothy Tennov published Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love, in which she made the case that some people fall into a distinct cognitive state in the early phase of romantic ...