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4 Signs You’re Getting Lost In Limerence

It’s Not Love, It’s Infatuation

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Joe Gibson
Mar 13, 2025
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It’s Not Love, It’s Infatuation

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To define it, limerence is a state of deep infatuation and potential obsession over someone else. It mirrors love in that we too can feel infatuated and “obsessed” with someone during the initial stages of romance, but in reality, the manifestation of limerence and the development of a…

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