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The High of the Chase: Limerence, Nostalgia, & Emotional Escape ft Amanda McCracken
Have you ever felt emotionally attached to someone you weren’t actually in a relationship with? Or caught yourself romanticizing a past connection—while feeling dissatisfied in your current one?
In this episode, Angela sits down with journalist and author Amanda McCracken to talk about limerence—an intense state of longing that can masquerade as love, but often thrives on fantasy, distance, and emotional safety rather than real intimacy.
As part of her research for When Longing Becomes Your Lover, Amanda revisited old letters and memorabilia from past relationships and noticed how nostalgia…
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