limerence
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31 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Components
- Famous examples
- Historical
- Fictional
- Relation to other concepts
- Love
- Romantic love
- Passionate and companionate love
- Infatuation
- Independent emotion systems
- Attachment theory
- Love styles
- Love addiction
- Erotomania
- Evolutionary purpose
- Characteristics
- Addiction
- Lovesickness
- Intrusive thinking and fantasy
- Crystallization
- Readiness
- Uncertainty and hope
- Ecstatic union
- Duration
- Love regulation
- Controversy
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
right|240px|thumb|''Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss'', by [[Antonio Canova, first version 1787–1793]]
Limerence is the mental state of being madly in love or intensely infatuated when reciprocation of the feeling is uncertain. This state is characterized by intrusive thoughts and idealization of the loved one (also called "crystallization"), typically with a desire for reciprocation to form a relationship. This is accompanied by feelings of ecstasy or despair, depending on whether one's feelings seem to be reciprocated or not. Research on the biology of romantic love indicates that the early stage of intense romantic love (also called passionate love) resembles addiction, but academics do not currently agree on how love addictions are defined.