Limerence
Can love last without limerence?
4.3 (43)
49 mins
Explore the concept of limerence and its role in romantic relationships. Also learn the difference between limerence and affectional bonding, and understand how to can make more informed decisions about relationships.
Ep 1:
Naming the Nameless Obsession
A psychologist coins a word for love's most consuming phase, and brain scans reveal why limerence feels exactly like addiction to another person.
Ep 2:
Love or Limerence: The Great Mix-Up
Why do we mistake obsessive craving for true love? We explore attraction's power, love's confusing overlap with limerence, and how long the madness really lasts.
Ep 3:
Trapped by Circumstance, Warned by Feeling
Environment can trap you in years of unresolved longing—but limerence may also be a warning sign steering you toward passion that spells disaster.
Ep 4:
Chasing Connection, Escaping Loneliness
Beneath every limerent obsession lies a deeper hunger: to escape existential loneliness and become who we secretly wish to be.
Ep 5:
From Obsession to Enduring Love
Limerence burns hot but briefly—so what actually transforms fleeting obsession into the kind of love that lasts fifty years?
Discussions (19)
Augustus
Level 10 · 10 mo agoSarah rearranging her schedule for David is wild!
Thomas
Level 5 · 10 mo agoI agree on the dopamine hit. Limerence burns out fast. I’ve been married 40 years. Real love isn't that frantic obsession. It's steady and chosen.
Martin
Level 8 · 10 mo agoIt's addiction, not love.
