Here’s why your crush feels all-consuming, even though you barely know them.

Smitten vibes or unhealthy obsession?

Have you ever been so consumed by a crush that you couldn't stop thinking about them? Or when you weren't around them, you felt sick to your stomach? There's a word for that, and it's called ...

Is it love or limerence? Limerence refers to a state of attraction marked by intense longing, sometimes described as obsession. It goes deeper than a simple crush and can involve intrusive thoughts, ...

In 1979, Dorothy Tennov published Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love, in which she made the case that some people fall into a distinct cognitive state in the early phase of romantic ...

It’s a psychological concept and is an involuntary state of intense obsession and longing for another person. While it was ...