
Real talk: There could be an underlying reason that your default is limerence.

Is this infatuation taking priority over your needs? "The difference is if someone gives up their needs and wants to obsessively focus on the other person and that there might be intermittent reinforcement from the limerent object by occasional connection and not real friendship or love. There is clear communication and reciprocity." "This involves the happiness hormones such as oxytocin and vasopressin. "With love, each person has the possibility to see the other’s flaws and still like them and there is more safety and genuine reciprocity," explains Mackenzie. Seeing a bunch of red flags and ignoring them? You might be in limerence. "The limerent person is desperate to have the object no matter whether it is good for either of them and they may idealize them," says Mackenzie. However, when it comes to limerence, all of that goes directly out of the window. A loving, nurturing relationship should be all about mutual respect.

You want them whether they are good for you or not.

"This can be a form of trauma-bonding where one person is seeking to be 'saved' by another." Are you looking for a relationship or are you looking for someone to fix you? "Limerence is the feeling that the object of their desire will complete them," says Mackenzie.
