“You idealize them and put them on a pedestal. Everything they do, from the awkward to the charming, gets flagged in your mind as evidence that they are a flawless, loveable human being.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“You find yourself lost in elaborate fantasies about his person, from the typical to the eccentric. Your fantasies tend to have a “heroic” element to them in that you even imagine saving your crush from dangerous situations.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s important to note that in limerence, the addiction to this other person is often heightened by the fantasy, not the reality, of who they are and the nature of the relationship.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“A limerent person can suffer from such a hyperfocus on the other person that they begin to lose focus on their own lives and revolve their entire day around interaction with this person.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“Limerence isn’t so much about commitment and intimacy as it is about obsession.”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com