Frequently, our feelings fail to demonstrate themselves honestly. For example, limerence is one of those times. This word can sometimes have some difficulty in defining it. Limerence can exist in phrases like “I think I am in love” or “It’s complicated”. It occurs with late-night phone calls,  unfinished conversations and the anxiety of waiting to see if someone comes online but does not respond. Limerence was first defined by Dr Dorothy Tennov in 1979, and refers to a very powerful emotional experience that involves an obsessive thought process over another person, an extreme desire for reciprocation from the other person and heightened sensitivity towards their behaviour (Tennov, 1979). Limerence is not just a state of attraction; it is not love, nor does it provide stability. It has far more intensity than either attraction or love, and often hovers between a feeling of hope and one of despair.  The current world we live in today, with its…