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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson
Limerence, Love, and Life Transitions: January Mailbag
Jan 13, 2025
Dive into the intricacies of limerence, where obsession meets romantic attraction. Discover practical strategies for navigating one-sided infatuations and rebuilding trust after trauma. The discussion also addresses managing career transitions, tackling social anxiety, and the delicate art of maintaining boundaries without succumbing to anger. Explore how to embrace happiness in relationships while maintaining emotional safety and self-compassion. It's a thought-provoking journey through love, vulnerability, and emotional complexity.
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- Limerence often leads to one-sided infatuation, necessitating self-reflection and practical strategies to break the obsessive fixation.
- Building trust after trauma requires developing a safe emotional space, enabling open communication to foster understanding and connection in relationships.
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Understanding Limerence
Limerence, a term coined by psychologist Dorothy Tenov, refers to an intense, obsessive infatuation with another person that usually lacks a reciprocal emotional connection. This state often leads individuals to become fixated on idealizing the 'limerent object,' resulting in distorted perceptions of the other person while overlooking their faults. Such relationships typically exist primarily in the mind of the person experiencing limerence, complicating the emotional dynamics as genuine feelings and interactions are not present. Recognizing limerence as an obsession rather than love helps individuals understand the compelling nature of these feelings and prompts the need for internal exploration to break the fixation.
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