Overwhelming, distressing, all-consuming: this little-known form of romantic longing can have a devastating impact.

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 ...

Have you ever had that heady, exciting, scary feeling when you were in the presence of someone you were attracted to? If you have, then you may have been experiencing the beginning of limerence. The ...

Limerence is an intense, consuming, and exhausting experience that often involves obsessive and intrusive thinking about a person or object that is often referred to in psychoanalytical or therapeutic ...