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Limerence is an issue that can crop up in relationships. It may seem positive given the intense and often pleasurable emotions that occur during this relationship phase. Still, some problems can arise when experiencing feelings of limerence. <\/span><\/p>\n Limerence and affairs can also go hand-in-hand, as you may develop limerent feelings for another person while you’re already married or in <\/span>an intimate relationship<\/span><\/a>. Here, learn about the stages of limerence and the struggles of the limerent person. <\/span><\/p>\n Before exploring the stages of limerence, it’s helpful to understand what limerence is. <\/span>Limerence<\/span><\/a> is often described as that “love at first sight” feeling that people have at the beginning of a relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n Someone going through limerence stages will feel a deep sense of infatuation for their significant other. <\/span><\/p>\n Other signs of limerence <\/span>include<\/span><\/a> a yearning for your partner to feel the same way about you, feeling elated when they reciprocate your feelings, and thinking about your partner obsessively. <\/span><\/p>\n Feelings of limerence in a relationship are intense, and people cannot feel limerent toward more than one person at a time. The subject of a person’s romantic desires in cases of limerence is referred to as the “limerent object.” <\/span><\/p>\n Since limerence and affairs can also occur together, sometimes, limerence may exist when someone is married or in a committed partnership. They develop limerent feelings toward another person who is not their partner. In this case, the limerent relationship may not be reciprocated. <\/span><\/p>\n In a limerent affair, the person <\/span>experiencing limerence<\/span><\/a> may obsess over the limerent object, look for signs that the person also desires them, and experience extreme depression when they receive any indication that their limerent object does not feel the same way about them. <\/span><\/p>\n Uncertainty over whether the limerent object reciprocates the feelings of desire can increase the intensity of limerence. <\/span><\/p>\n Regardless of whether the stages of limerence occur through an affair or in the context of a mutual relationship, the truth is that the intense passion and infatuation that comes with limerence eventually fades. <\/span><\/p>\n There are mixed opinions regarding whether mutual limerence can exist. Consider the fact that a person going through the stages of limerence will have even more intense feelings when they are not sure if the limerent object feels the same way about them. <\/span><\/p>\n In this sense, limerence isn’t always mutual. One person develops an infatuation for another, and the other person may not reciprocate these feelings.<\/span><\/p>\n On the other hand, limerence is sometimes described as a phenomenon that occurs at the <\/span>start of a new relationship<\/span><\/a>. In this situation, both parties feel a strong sense of longing and infatuation. <\/span><\/p>\n They may be different from a classic limerent relationship in which one person obsesses over another. Still, the intense emotions and passion at the start of a relationship can look like limerence. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>What is limerence?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/span>Is it possible for limerence to be mutual? <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
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