Everybody, this has been one of the most requested topics I've had in a while.
Today we have Brandy Wyant and we are talking about a topic called limerence.
I am going to get straight to it because Brandy is the go-to person to talk about it.
Brandy, welcome to your Anxiety Toolkit.
Thank you.
So excited to be here.
It's wonderful.
Thanks for having me.
Is limerence?
Can you tell us what we need to know?
Sure.
So limerence is an obsessive focus on a particular person.
And this person or limerent object is unavailable in some way as a romantic partner at the time in question.
And that is key to distinguishing limerence from other conditions or situations that might mimic it.
Something like relationship OCD, infatuation, crushes, etc.
They're unavailable or they're inaccessible.
And it could be for different reasons.
You know, maybe it's incompatible sexual orientation or they're with someone in monogamous partnership,
or maybe you really don't know them.
You're kind of admiring them from afar and not even have proximity to even kind of get close enough