Signs Of Romantic Limerence: Where Desire Meets Fixation
<p><em>Do you find it strange how someone can go from no one to your idol over a few dates? Are you finding it difficult to distract yourself from the fantasy of what you two could be? Maybe they’re showing red flags and you keep ignoring them, or maybe you feel like winning them over will prove your worthiness? Either way, you may be fixated on if they’ll choose you or, not: a state of flux between who you are now and who you wish to be.</em></p>
<p>Psychology Today defines limerence as an “<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/limerence#:~:text=An%20individual%20in%20a%20limerent%20state%20does%20not%20necessarily%20want,the%20same%20way%20toward%20you." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">involuntary obsession with another person</a>”. It differs from love or lust in that limerence tends to show up when we are uncertain as to whether the other person desires us — creating a one-sided dynamic which enmeshes us with someone else out of a need to win their approval.</p>
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