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When We Hyperfixate on Crushes: Stories of ADHD Limerence
When cupid’s arrow strikes ADHD hearts, it embeds deep — at least for a time.For many ADDitude readers, falling in love is an intense, all-consuming experience. The dopamine rush of having a new crush or of being in love is “addicting,” as one reader describes, creating the perfect setting for dopamine-charged hyperfixation and big emotions to take over (especially when it’s unrequited love).When pining for someone’s love and attention becomes obsessive and disruptive, as has happened to some of our readers, that’s a state known as limerence, a term coined by psychologist Dorothy Tennov, Ph.D., in her 1979 book, Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love.