Limerence
The anima/animus usually appears in films, fiction, dreams—and waking life—as a compelling, opposite-sex other: what I am not. It can manifest in an idealized way, such as Helen of Troy or Superman, or in its dark aspect, in figures such as Medea and Dracula. Whereas shadow is largely related to personal experience, the anima/animus is infused with
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Is it falling in love or being stuck in the lonely realm of limerence?
positive extreme love aka amigeist (Amigeist: A New Extreme Love Phenomenon)
Just as Tennov (1979) coined limerence to describe a particular extreme love phenomenon characterized by pathology, the positive extreme love connection identified in this research deserves a designation that reflects its unique qualities. The new phenomenon is called
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