Why You Can't Get Them Out Of Your Head (Limerence)

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  @HealthyGamerGG · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

  Due to its connections and overlaps with ADHD, OCD, Anxiety, and even physiological responses, it can be hard to pinpoint the root of limerent feelings. So, our team put together a few resources to help you understand and address the different factors that may be contributing to your experience with limerence. <br><br>It includes some (free) videos from Dr. K&apos;s Guide to Mental Health, the references that went into this video, and more. Hope this helps! 💚: <a href="https://bit.ly/43gIDST">https://bit.ly/43gIDST</a>

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  @kellybrooks7583 · 1 year ago

  It’s very painful being in a relationship that doesn’t exist and never will.

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  @steinarjonsson_ · 1 year ago

  One of the pitfalls of limerence is that by day-dreaming about a relationship with another person, you are essentially engaging in a one-way relationship with that person. If you then try to pursue that person in reality, the imbalance between your investment in them and their investment in you will be massive. So if they reject you, it will feel like they&apos;re breaking up with you even though you never dated.

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  @marjndeh · 3 months ago

  Having a limerent object that is HIGHLY avoidant is near death experience.

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  @luvyounikki · 1 year ago

  theres nothing like watching this while going through limerence and realizing how fucking lame and weird it is 😭😭

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  @KM-00 · 1 year ago

  The timing is uncanny as always

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  @DasTretminchen · 1 year ago

  You know what really sucks, is when you think you‘re over them, you haven’t thought about them in months and then <b>BOOM</b> you dream about them and everything that happens in the dream is what you’ve wished for, so it kickstarts your limerence for them.

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  @nerdyrebel1050 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Edited* I realized I use it to disconnect, slip into a day dream , when I&apos;m unhappy or grieving. But limerence ends up in grief too.

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  @catviolet8477 · 1 year ago

  I had a huge crush on a guy for years that everyone said was limerence, we then ended up in a relationship which involved me quitting my job, moving town, and making them my whole world. Of course this ended disastrously and years after it ended I’m still trying to rebuild my life and personality and still grieving him

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  @sazupupu · 9 months ago

  It truly is the heights of divine ecstasy and the depths of agonizing despair of hell. I don’t want to experience it ever again.

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  @anomieanomalie · 1 year ago

  Limerence and maladaptive daydreaming ate up so much of my time in my teens and 20s. So many things I&apos;ve learned the past few years I wish I could send back to my younger self. Glad these concepts are being discussed and dissected.

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  @cabron_45 · 1 year ago

  okay guys. I think it&apos;s high time for me to go to therapy

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