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#121 - Limerence: The Psychology of Obsessive Romantic Longing with Amanda McCracken
On this episode of the State of Mind Mental Health Podcast, I sit down with award-winning journalist Amanda McCracken, author of When Longing Becomes Your Lover: Breaking from Infatuation, Rejection, and Perfectionism to Find Authentic Love.
Amanda had dated over a hundred men by her late thirties and still couldn't understand why nothing was working — until her therapist said one sentence that cracked it open: "Amanda, longing is your lover."
We get into limerence, the obsessive rumination on an idealized version of someone, and why it can feel better than an actual relationship. She walks…
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