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Limerence describes an intense infatuation with a romantic interest, but unlike love, it’s unhealthy and rooted in addiction. Relationship experts explain.

Being down bad isn’t considered a mental illness. Maybe it should be.

The word "limerence" has been around since 1979, when psychologist Dorothy Tennov coined it to describe a particular type of one-sided romantic attachment. She was talking...