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Life Kit · October 12, 2026 · 22m

Overcoming romantic obsession

Neuroscientist Tom Bellamy, author of Smitten, explains limerence—a state of obsessive romantic infatuation characterized by intrusive thoughts and extreme emotional highs and lows. The episode explores how limerence operates in the brain, outlines strategies to stop the obsessive cycle, and describes how to replace the fixation with healthier interests.

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Limerence: Obsessive Romantic Infatuation
Limerence is a state of intense romantic infatuation characterized by obsessive thoughts, emotional highs and lows, and idealization of the person.
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How Limerence Works in the Brain
Bellamy explains how limerence operates in the brain, involving the dopamine and reward systems.

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