r/limerence is a subreddit with 91k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses limerence, lo, hate, struggling, and feelings.
Limerence is a term invented by the psychologist Dorothy Tennov for her book "Love and Limerence", to describe the state of being madly in love or intensely infatuated when reciprocation is uncertain. This sub is a community of people who self-identify as being in the state of limerence and are looking for support and strategies to deal with it.
Popular Themes in r/limerence
#1
Advice Requests
: "Internal Family Systems essentially cured my limerence after experiencing it non-stop for almost 20 years"
13 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "You don’t realize how mismatched from reality your fantasy is about LO until you are someone’s LO and they do the very same thing"
10 posts
Popular Topics in r/limerence
#1
Limerence
: "Constant Limerence"
74 posts
#2
Lo
: "Thinking of proposing to my Lo just to end the uncertainty. Can a relationship that started from an emotional void and limerence actually work?"
13 posts
#3
Hate
13 posts
#4
Struggling
12 posts
#5
Feelings
6 posts
#6
Relationships
5 posts
#7
Obsession
5 posts
#8
Relationship
: "Thinking of proposing to my LO just to end the uncertainty. Can a Relationship that started from an emotional void and limerence actually work?"
4 posts
#9
Support
3 posts
#10
Recovery
3 posts
Flair Used in r/limerence
#1
Question
: "I can’t eat."
54 posts
#2
Here To Vent
: "Words cannot describe. When did I go insane?"
51 posts
#3
Discussion
: "What helped me"
47 posts
#4
No Judgment Please
: "I feel like I fall in love with every conventionally attractive man I see"
19 posts
#5
My Testimony
: "Before seeing this sub…"
16 posts
#6
Topic Update
: "Limerence experts"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/limerence
Yearly
+23k members(32.9%)
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Last updated: July 21, 2026