So pleased to be here!

[ALife82]

Hello all! I'm so pleased to be here now that I know it's limerence I'm dealing with! I've been struggling with it ever since I've had romantic interest in boys and have recently begun seriously wondering what's wrong with me. It led to me starting to go to Codependents Anonymous meetings at the start of the year, and last week I subscribed to r/codependency on Reddit. Last night I read a post by someone there who mentioned limerence. I had no idea what that word meant as I had never seen it before so I looked it up, and it describes exactly what I deal with almost everytime I form a romantic attachment to someone! I just feel so relieved to finally have a name for what I've been experiencing, and I'm excited to start the recovery journey, and to be helped and help others on this forum!

[mamasita]

Welcome, ALife! You describe what many of us saw as an eye opening moment! Keep reading, keep relating, and keep learning how to become a healthier you. It's a long road but so worth it!

[ALife82]

Thank you mamasita! Sorry for the late reply!

[Keely]

Yes - welcome.

Finding out that you are not the only one is a great feeling - you're not alone. And having a set of references to describe this is a great start to dealing with this issue - helped me enormously - good luck!