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    It says somewhere in the romantic descriptions of gammas and their dualizations that they experience "rapid rythim of relations" and "frequent relations" over a short period of time, so I'm wondering if gamma's are more prone to feelings of limerence than other quadras.


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    Limerence is a state of mind which results from romantic or non-romantic feelings for another person and typically includes obsessive thoughts and fantasies and a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated. Limerence can also be defined as an involuntary state of intense desire.
    I've been limerent 4 times in my life, but reciprocally limerent only once with another sx/sp and gamma. What about you?

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    It's not something I tend to experience much anymore, and if I do, I fight the fuck out of it because I see it as a vulnerability and I can't stand experiencing it. It's highly unpleasant to me.

    "Restoring forces," lmao what does that even mean? That seems like a terrible resource.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    It's not something I tend to experience much anymore, and if I do, I fight the fuck out of it because I see it as a vulnerability and I can't stand experiencing it. It's highly unpleasant to me.
    I believe that when someone gets limerent towards someone, it means they should pursue (if you want to get spiritual, as a Higher Mandate, God, your soul or w/e) a relationship with said person. Fighting against it, and not pursuing it, probaly is unwise and means you losing out on much worthwhile life content.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roger557 View Post
    I believe that when someone gets limerent towards someone, it means they should pursue (if you want to get spiritual, as a Higher Mandate, God, your soul or w/e) a relationship with said person. Fighting against it, and not pursuing it, probaly is unwise and means you losing out on much worthwhile life content.
    Not gonna lie or sugar coat, I think that's incredibly delusional. It's just chemicals in your brain doing things because you feel attracted, it's really not that deep. Lol, the person you experience limerence toward doesn't even always reciprocate interest, btw.

    My life partner, with whom I have the mutual intention of marrying within the next few years and staying with for life, was not someone I experienced limerence with. Instead, we formed a genuine bond that is much deeper than limerence, aka puppy love, over years of time. The many douchebags who fucked me over, cheated on me, lied to me, abused me, etc. in the past before I became healthy, however, I did experience limerence with.

    So...no offense, but from where I'm standing, you sound incredibly disconnected from actual social experiences — as though you just read about people while not actually being around them in RL.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Not gonna lie or sugar coat, I think that's incredibly delusional. It's just chemicals in your brain doing things because you feel attracted, it's really not that deep. Lol, the person you experience limerence toward doesn't even always reciprocate interest, btw.

    My life partner, with whom I have the mutual intention of marrying within the next few years and staying with for life, was not someone I experienced limerence with. Instead, we formed a genuine bond that is much deeper than limerence, aka puppy love, over years of time. The many douchebags who fucked me over, cheated on me, lied to me, abused me, etc. in the past before I became healthy, however, I did experience limerence with.

    So...no offense, but from where I'm standing, you sound incredibly disconnected from actual social experiences — as though you just read about people while not actually being around them in RL.
    Dunno. They have worked for me. The fact that they (the limerences) haven't worked for you, might say more about you than about the fact that limerence is a divine gift and not to be ignored. You mention "before you became healthy" so that might have had to do with it.

    I have a question though; if you could, would you go back and erase those negative experiences propitiated by limerence (which maybe was not limerence properly speaking, it was maybe just what we call in my town, having a "tickly pussy", or just having issues and being attracted to "bad boys") or do you consider it part of your life experience and not to be erased?

    puppy love
    - Btw, This sounds boring af.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roger557 View Post
    Dunno. They have worked for me. The fact that they (the limerences) haven't worked for you, might say more about you than about the fact that limerence is a divine gift and not to be ignored. You mention "before you became healthy" so that might have had to do with it.

    I have a question though; if you could, would you go back and erase those negative experiences propitiated by limerence (which maybe was not limerence properly speaking, it was maybe just what we call in my town, having a "tickly pussy", or just having issues and being attracted to "bad boys") or do you consider it part of your life experience and not to be erased?

    - Btw, This sounds boring af.
    Puppy love is simply another term used for limerence.

    If you're going to invalidate any experiences that differ from your own (in an insulting manner, at that,) you will believe what you decide to regardless of what I say, and there is no point in correcting this distortion of my experiences.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Puppy love is simply another term used for limerence.

    If you're going to invalidate any experiences that differ from your own (in an insulting manner, at that,) you will believe what you decide to regardless of what I say, and there is no point in correcting this distortion of my experiences.
    Go away narc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Not gonna lie or sugar coat, I think that's incredibly delusional. It's just chemicals in your brain doing things because you feel attracted, it's really not that deep. Lol, the person you experience limerence toward doesn't even always reciprocate interest, btw.
    Everything you think or feel, including every sense of what’s “deep,” is a chemical reaction. What’s wrong with @roger557’s particular expression of lust? Why would the fact that a girl’s not attracted to him mean he shouldn’t be attracted to her, or try to pursue a relationship with her? And if chemical reactions aren’t deep, what is?

    My life partner, with whom I have the mutual intention of marrying within the next few years and staying with for life, was not someone I experienced limerence with. Instead, we formed a genuine bond that is much deeper than limerence, aka puppy love, over years of time. The many douchebags who fucked me over, cheated on me, lied to me, abused me, etc. in the past before I became healthy, however, I did experience limerence with.

    So...no offense, but from where I'm standing, you sound incredibly disconnected from actual social experiences — as though you just read about people while not actually being around them in RL.
    Maybe his unconscious has better taste than yours. Lol.

    Have you ever thought about why you experienced limerence with bad people? What conclusion did you come to?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    Maybe his unconscious has better taste than yours. Lol.
    Very strongly doubt that's still true. He is clearly unhealthy, which means most people who are attracted to him will also be.

    Have you ever thought about why you experienced limerence with bad people? What conclusion did you come to?
    I have simply come from unhealthy circumstances and then overcame it all.

    I sort of regret sharing now, I usually don't share my personal things in this community due to its high toxicity levels (as you can see, the responses are negative, which I knew before I shared would be the case and acted against my better judgment for the sake of making a point)...but what's done is done...

    It's pretty coincidental that he called me a narc for calling out his invalidation, because the inability to recognize invalidation (thinking it is normal) is one of the reasons why those with narcissistic parents become narcissist magnets: they tolerate invalidation such as that which was done above. Him responding to my calling out the invalidation with "go away, narc" is actually a red flag that makes him sound like he is potentially a projecting narc. None of my actions were narcissistic, yet that sort of invalidation he demonstrated was something narcs always do. My recognition of it, and intolerance of it, only serves as proof that I am in fact enforcing healthy boundaries, exactly as I've said.

    The reason that's such a coincidence, though, is because it relates to why I used to end up with those guys.



    The other part requires more typing, so I will respond once I am behind a computer rather than using my phone to type.
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    There is such a thing as chemistry or strong chemistry. Some people are better at identifying it than others. Sometimes people’s life circumstances get in the way of it becoming something more and that’s not always a bad thing. Chemistry or temperament is the reason why we get on with some people and don’t get on with others. Sometimes there might be too much chemistry..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Very strongly doubt that's still true. He is clearly unhealthy, which means most people who are attracted to him will also be. I have simply come from unhealthy circumstances and then overcame it all.

    I sort of regret sharing now, I usually don't share my personal things in this community due to its high toxicity levels (as you can see, the responses are negative, which I knew before I shared would be the case and acted against my better judgment for the sake of making a point)...but what's done is done...

    It's pretty coincidental that he called me a narc for calling out his invalidation, because the inability to recognize invalidation (thinking it is normal) is one of the reasons why those with narcissistic parents become narcissist magnets: they tolerate invalidation such as that which was done above. Him responding to my calling out the invalidation with "go away, narc" is actually a red flag that makes him sound like he is potentially a projecting narc. None of my actions were narcissistic, yet that sort of invalidation he demonstrated was something narcs always do. My recognition of it, and intolerance of it, only serves as proof that I am in fact enforcing healthy boundaries, exactly as I've said.

    The reason that's such a coincidence though, is because it relates to why I used to end up with those guys.
    https://youtu.be/UUUbacS8eaE

    The other part requires more typing, so I will respond once I am behind a computer rather than using my phone to type.
    . @<a href="https://www.the16types.info/vbulletin/member.php?u=12361" target="_blank">Noir</a>, the video at your link is very interesting to me. Thanks for providing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam Strange View Post
    . @<a href="https://www.the16types.info/vbulletin/member.php?u=12361" target="_blank">Noir</a>, the video at your link is very interesting to me. Thanks for providing it.
    @mu4 why do mentions sometimes do this? It's happened a few times to to me before, and I can't make out a rhyme or reason for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bethany View Post
    There is such a thing as chemistry or strong chemistry. Some people are better at identifying it than others. Sometimes people’s life circumstances get in the way of it becoming something more and that’s not always a bad thing. Chemistry or temperament is the reason why we get on with some people and don’t get on with others. Sometimes there might be too much chemistry..
    Chemistry=/=limerence. It can also be faked by people — thus, Love Bombing.



    Feelings really aren't very trustworthy. They will betray you or lead you astray sometimes. It's sad when people confuse feelings for love, connection, or chemistry...not in the judgmental sense like "it's pathetic," but in the empathetic sense, because it's self-detrimental to do so, it results in some painful experiences sometimes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam Strange View Post
    . @<a href="https://www.the16types.info/vbulletin/member.php?u=12361" target="_blank">Noir</a>, the video at your link is very interesting to me. Thanks for providing it.
    No problem. Ramani's videos are very helpful to many. She genuinely cares and makes information on narcs fully accessible for free, simply because so many victims are out there and in need of help. Since she specializes in narcissism specifically, she is also an excellent resource for it.


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    EIEs can be really proficient at Ti, this woman is one such example of using a systems of relations discussion to explain ethics:
    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post





    I watched some of this woman's videos after a couple breakups with narcs.

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    Ftr, I am not a narc. I would be grateful if you didn't come and crap all over what I say next time @Noir. I have been warned by a mod so I think next time you try to engage me on one of my threads I will ignore you. Not going to use the ignore feature because I think it's lame and a cop out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    Everything you think or feel, including every sense of what’s “deep,” is a chemical reaction. What’s wrong with @roger557’s particular expression of lust? Why would the fact that a girl’s not attracted to him mean he shouldn’t be attracted to her, or try to pursue a relationship with her? And if chemical reactions aren’t deep, what is?
    Every time I have experienced limerence (the four times in total) my feelings have been reciprocated. I think there's a difference between true limerence, and "puppy love", don't really think it is the same. With true limerence, it is very hard to ignore (at least for me) not to pursue a relationship with the person in question, and the four times I have, something to advance my personal self-development has happened. I am wondering about all this subject because I don't know if everybody expriences limerence the same or not. and look, we have one person that thinks limerence is not to be taken into account always. I don't feel like sharing more because I feel targeted by this woman Noir so I'll leave it here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timber View Post
    EIEs can be really proficient at Ti, this woman is one such example of using a systems of relations discussion to explain ethics:

    I watched some of this woman's videos after a couple breakups with narcs.
    While I personally will probably never attempt to type her (I'll explain why in a sec), I do appreciate that you are not assessing a person's capability to do X or Y via Socionics dimensionality. So many people do that, and I've come very close to ranting about it on here multiple times — particularly after seeing it being done to someone else in a particular context that pissed me the hell off. It was used to invalidate and dismiss them, making them unseen/unheard for no good reason. People were abusing a theoretical personality system by using it in a destructive way against someone else. I still haven't been able to get past my anger about that one. Toward me - okay, I can let it go, it's no big deal to me because I can take whatever is dished out. If I defend my ground, there's a reason. When it's done to others that are innocent in the situation, though, and is therefore unjust…I'm inclined to step in on behalf of them, defending them and confronting the situation for them. There is just no telling how harmful things will be to someone else's psyche, and that unjust risk of them being harmed when they don't deserve it pisses me the hell off. That's probably the 8-ness/826-ness in me, I guess.

    The reason I will never type her is due to only seeing her in a single, specific, professional, public setting. Those who have gone through uni majoring in psychology are deliberately trained to use very specific language intended to accommodate clients with trauma and other sensitivities. Even psychologists are not supposed to diagnose public figures due to only seeing them in public. It's called the Goldwater Rule. I see typing people in a similar manner, especially when it's known that they are presenting themselves in a specific way that may not align with their personal selves.

    Slightly derailed with this post, sorry, just wanted to say that real quick.


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    Quote Originally Posted by roger557 View Post
    Ftr, I am not a narc.
    I didn't say you were, I said it was a possibility.

    I would be grateful if you didn't come and crap all over what I say next time @Noir.
    Sure, if the next time you don't put me in a position to defend myself by crapping all over and invalidating my experiences and insulting me because of them, you don't even have to ask.
    On the other hand, when you crap all over what I say, I am going to stand my ground against what you say.

    I feel targeted by this woman Noir so I'll leave it here.
    Nice try, making it look like you're the victim of me. Don't go poking a spear at a bear if you don't want to be bitten — it's your own fault you were bitten if you do.

    I have been warned by a mod so I think next time you try to engage me on one of my threads I will ignore you. Not going to use the ignore feature because I think it's lame and a cop out.
    Probably for the best that we both ignore each other from here on. I have no desire to interact with you, either.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    While I personally will probably never attempt to type her (I'll explain why in a sec), I do appreciate that you are not assessing a person's capability to do X or Y via Socionics dimensionality. So many people do that, and I've come very close to ranting about it on here multiple times — particularly after seeing it being done to someone else in a particular context that pissed me the hell off. It was used to invalidate and dismiss them, making them unseen/unheard for no good reason. People were abusing a theoretical personality system by using it in a destructive way against someone else. I still haven't been able to get past my anger about that one. Toward me - okay, I can let it go, it's no big deal to me because I can take whatever is dished out. If I defend my ground, there's a reason. When it's done to others that are innocent in the situation, though, and is therefore unjust…I'm inclined to step in on behalf of them, defending them and confronting the situation for them. There is just no telling how harmful things will be to someone else's psyche, and that unjust risk of them being harmed when they don't deserve it pisses me the hell off. That's probably the 8-ness/826-ness in me, I guess.

    The reason I will never type her is due to only seeing her in a single, specific, professional, public setting. Those who have gone through uni majoring in psychology are deliberately trained to use very specific language intended to accommodate clients with trauma and other sensitivities. Even psychologists are not supposed to diagnose public figures due to only seeing them in public. It's called the Goldwater Rule. I see typing people in a similar manner, especially when it's known that they are presenting themselves in a specific way that may not align with their personal selves.

    Slightly derailed with this post, sorry, just wanted to say that real quick.
    I see what you are saying. She is a professional, using a professional's lingo.

    I'd say.. have some fun with it. Why not?
    I'm one to talk as I saw socionics as bad for my ego several years ago. Its like, once you name the thing you destroy it, or something. But, socionics is systems of relations and some sociotypes are very comfortable with it. Live and let live. We are inside the Mandela. But having said that, I get it. Some hills are worth dying on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    I didn't say you were, I said it was a possibility.
    Same with the insults I flinged your way. They are just possibilities.


    Sure, if the next time you don't put me in a position to defend myself by crapping all over and invalidating my experiences, you don't even have to ask.
    On the other hand, when you crap all over what I say, I am going to stand my ground against what you say.
    I'm like a mirror. You did it first. You have done it like 2 or 3 times before. I actually suspect you're my Supervisor and I'm not in the mood to deal with a bad supervisor (I don't know if I'm unhealthy or not, but I am certainly not high on patience lately).

    Nice try, making it look like you're the victim of me. Don't go poking a spear at a bear if you don't want to be bitten — it's your own fault you were bitten if you do.

    And now you act like you have somehow "won" or you are right in what you are saying, just because I was the one that got warned. Because of this exchange, this potentially interesting thread has been polluted and diverted. I find it very cowardly to be asking for my ban like I have been reported. I won't ask for yours though, because I suspect you are confirmed not very healthy and in that case it's best for you to continue to share your thoughts on this site as a therapeutic avenue. You see, that's how much of a narc I am



    I'm not in the mood for this so please leave me be. Everytime you feel the need to "correct me" or stomp over what I am saying, try to identify it and don't do it.

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    On a more consistant basis I do think Gammas suffer from this the most tbh. The Se plus Fi valuing can make them see something that's not there and they can get burned hard. I have felt infatuated before a few times, but I don't value Fi - so I'm not really likely to get attached like that in the first place, or I'm still logically aware of what's going on despite my feelings. I don't act out on a lot my feelings and 'make them real' like more serious Fi types do imo.

    When you have a crush on somebody it's like some Gammas have thought I was going to do something stupid or self-destructive about it because that's what they would do tbh and they are projecting what they don't like about themselves onto me ((not that Betas don't have our own share of problems but this specific thing is a projection)) - like it's always been easy for me to understand it's just an emotion. Not deep Fi twu wuv. I already know that I'm just temporarily giving a narc their supply but I also don't really care or get all morally bullhurt about it like Gammas do- so expecting me to respond in the same way they would is silly lol. Sorry it sounds kinda like I'm shitting on Gammas- but it's annoying and aggorant when they do this. But I think it's natural for us to understand the world in how we would do something- not other people.

    Yes while growing up especially people often will get crushes/feelings for stupid people that you shouldn't and nobody would accept but that is sorta what makes it fun and kind of playfully Fi in a way even. And besides it's not always bad - it sometimes aligns pretty well (good limerince can lead to good relationships) - though this is more true for Alphas I've noticed. It's kinda how alphas and gammas clash I think - as alpha limerince usually works out really well for them but gamma limerince unfortunately doesn't, and it needs other things to solidify the relationship. I do think there is a lot of Fe in limerince too naturally - so that's another reason why they don't like it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timber View Post
    I see what you are saying. She is a professional, using a professional's lingo.


    I'd say.. have some fun with it. Why not?
    I'm one to talk as I saw socionics as bad for my ego several years ago. Its like, once you name the thing you destroy it, or something. But, socionics is systems of relations and some sociotypes are very comfortable with it. Live and let live. We are inside the Mandela. But having said that, I get it. Some hills are worth dying on.
    I don't have an issue with Socionics completely, and fun is perfectly fine. I just fight issues that arise from the misuse that happens when people take it too seriously. I use typology communities to increase my understandings, but...not in the way most people do. I'm more interested in how people actually relate to it, and thus learning about the individuals themselves. I don't automatically link the information I'm given to types or categories of any kind, I simply use the prevalence of sharing of personal information that is within these communities to understand more about people. That may or may not involve taking what people say at face value; I'm aware that some people delude themselves into thinking they are like X, or they misunderstand themselves, and several other factors that are reasons I shouldn't believe everything I hear someone say about themselves, and that is actually a part of what I observe. [“We are like shop windows in which we are continually arranging, concealing or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to us – in order to deceive ourselves.” — Friedrich Nietzsche] One other part of what I analyze is the fact that typology attracts a lot of people with mental health problems. There's nothing wrong with being mentally ill (disordered) or mentally unhealthy (not disordered), I'm not discriminating or using it as an insult, I'm just saying there's some reason that those who aren't healthy are attracted to this subject. A lot of people recognize this, but haven't quite pinpointed what it is exactly. I've been trying to understand and get to the bottom of that. It sort of bugs me that I don't have the answer, I sense that it's important for a variety of reasons.

    Enneagram is probably the most irresponsible because it attributes a lot of disorder symptoms to something personality type related. This is in the obvious intentional ways, but also in ways that seem unintentional and are more subtle. The latter is what is dangerous. Those with symptoms thus believe (what they don't realize are) symptoms are simply a part of the person they are, which means they never get the help they need. You'll notice on the forums I kind of throw out a safety net for people, making it known that "that's not Fi PoLR, it's problems with Object Constancy" which people usually haven't ever heard of unless they've studied psychology formally, in uni. Enneagram 9's "I have no self" is another one. The Enneagram needs to phrase things way more carefully because there is a symptom which is called identity disturbance that is much more severe than what Enneagram is actually talking about, but you really can't tell that if all you know about is Enneagram's lack of sense of self, because they don't explain it well. Most people who haven't formally studied psychology in uni don't know that one, either. The way they explain it sounds a lot like the Borderline Personality Disorder symptom (and the "Quiet Subtype" of BPD can be easily confused with 9). Lacking a sense of self can also come from being abused by a person who is narcissistic, since they basically overwrite your individuality if they see you as an extension of themselves (part of their control tactics). Everything in that person is replaced by the narcissist's values, etc. and who they want that victim to be. This can also seem very E6 because of the whole guidance thing, but it isn't the same; the abused individual resembles an E6 only because someone has gaslit, manipulated, brainwashed, lied, and otherwise abused them. It results in the same low confidence, uncertainty, etc. Those who have been frequently gaslit are typically conditioned to actually start gaslighting themselves afterward. It makes sense they would seek a guiding figure, as they gravitate toward the familiar and this is simply the way they know how to live. However, people are capable of working to grow beyond that and get to a point of never actually struggling with it anymore. The Enneagram doesn't give those who confuse what I like to refer to as "psychological wounds/scars" for their personality type, that same message that therapy does.

    When typology crosses the line from fun into serious, it becomes potentially dangerous to people.


    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    What’s wrong with @roger557’s particular expression of lust? Why would the fact that a girl’s not attracted to him mean he shouldn’t be attracted to her, or try to pursue a relationship with her? And if chemical reactions aren’t deep, what is?
    Hmm...I don't mean this maliciously by any means, but do you have ADHD by chance? You have a pattern of replying to me in ways that graze beside the point while missing it. I have it myself, and I have been diagnosed/taking medications for it since I was 7 years old, plus have seen it in several others with it, so that pattern is familiar to me. I realize it's not necessary to have it in order for this to happen sometimes, I'm just trying to understand what's happening here.

    The point I was making was not that something is wrong with the chemical aspect, but that the chemical aspect indicates it is not a mystical/spiritual phenomenon to be interpreted as though it means you ought to go for the person. Rather than a spiritual phenomenon, it's something unhealthy that tends to be experienced by those who have experienced abuse/trauma.




    It also tends to be experienced by the anxious attachment style.



    I have never actually experienced it to the extent described here, I only experienced some infatuation/idealization for a couple of months. Typical infatuation and love bombing from manipulative jerks. The only time I have ever experienced infatuation within the last several years was after a breakup I was struggling to cope with, since it was different than my past experiences. It wasn't quite transference, since I never shifted my expectations/etc. onto the person, it was just a crappy coping mechanism where I tried to focus more on all the things I could gain instead of what I lost. I mean...it worked, I got over that relationship quickly, but there was a downside as well. I got a little too eager to move on to someone else ("what I could gain").
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Hmm...I don't mean this maliciously by any means, but do you have ADHD by chance? You have a pattern of replying to me in ways that graze beside the point while missing it. I have it myself, and I have been diagnosed/taking medications for it since I was 7 years old, plus have seen it in several others with it, so that pattern is familiar to me. I realize it's not necessary to have it in order for this to happen sometimes, I'm just trying to understand what's happening here.

    The point I was making was not that something is wrong with the chemical aspect, but that the chemical aspect indicates it is not a mystical/spiritual phenomenon to be interpreted as though it means you ought to go for the person. Rather than a spiritual phenomenon, it's something unhealthy that tends to be experienced by those who have experienced abuse/trauma.

    It also tends to be experienced by the anxious attachment style.
    I've never been diagnosed with it, and I've never really suspected I had something like that. Unless being Ne ego counts, lol. And I do remember that Ne is your vulnerable function, so maybe that's why it's throwing you.

    The point I was making was not that something is wrong with the chemical aspect, but that the chemical aspect indicates it is not a mystical/spiritual phenomenon to be interpreted as though it means you ought to go for the person. Rather than a spiritual phenomenon, it's something unhealthy that tends to be experienced by those who have experienced abuse/trauma.
    Well, we're physical beings, and our entire understanding of the world is physical ("chemical," if you prefer). Spirituality and a sense of mysticism is itself rooted in chemical reactions -- wouldn't you agree? So is love, of course. If we don't listen to the chemical reactions in our minds, what should we listen to? How could we listen at all?

    I don't see why "limerence" is necessarily unhealthy, either. Having a clear sense of purpose feels good, and inspires great actions. Of course your purpose can be misguided, but a purpose motivated by love doesn't sound so bad -- probably better than most alternatives, I'd say.

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    Same with the insults I flinged your way. They are just possibilities.
    It's also possible you have been abused and thus you've picked up on some characteristics of your abuser(s), mistaking them for normalcy. I was too caught up in taking it personally to consider that possibility before. Normally I'm good at avoiding taking things personally, but I make mistakes. I could've handled this entire convo better if I didn't feel so strongly against invalidation.

    I'm like a mirror. You did it first. You have done it like 2 or 3 times before.
    False. I have attempted to prevent forming a negative relationship with you, even when you were kind of a jerk about me pointing out your logical inconsistency.
    https://www.the16types.info/vbulleti...=1#post1490546

    I don't particularly like to have enemies.
    However, if everyone likes you, you're doing something wrong. It's never worth people-pleasing or cowardice. As long as you respect my boundaries and don't act like a jerk, I'm generally easy to get along with.

    And now you act like you have somehow "won" or you are right in what you are saying, just because I was the one that got warned. Because of this exchange, this potentially interesting thread has been polluted and diverted. I find it very cowardly to be asking for my ban like I have been reported. I won't ask for yours though, because I suspect you are confirmed not very healthy and in that case it's best for you to continue to share your thoughts on this site as a therapeutic avenue. You see, that's how much of a narc I am
    That is one wild assumption, but I actually never reported you, much less asked for a ban. FP had warned you before I ever even saw your response, actually. Also, I wasn't talking about the warning when I said the metaphor. I was simply saying my whatever "targeting" I've done was actually just me exposing the truth or calling you out in response to your lies, etc. Also, you care too much about things like "winning" and "feeling superior," those things never crossed my mind, considering how petty that'd be. Besides, since I don't value people conditionally or have insecurity issues, I feel no need for a sense of superiority over others. Equality is more enjoyable. You are the only one concerned with those things.

    I'm not in the mood for this so please leave me be. Everytime you feel the need to "correct me" or stomp over what I am saying, try to identify it and don't do it.
    Actually, I'm not correcting you. That'd be a waste of time, you wouldn't listen anyway. I'm exposing the truth to others in response to your twisting and contorting, misuse of the victim card, etc. You are creating a misleading image of who I am and what I've done, and I won't tolerate such unfairness to me. It's pretty manipulative/deceptive. I think I've laid out enough evidence of the truth for others to catch on using their own judgment from here.

    This entire discussion needs to stop, it's enough. It's time to let it go and move on.


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    @Noir, you're a bull in a china shop. You have the finesse of a double amputee. I'm not going to reply to that last post because I was suggested that I ignore you, and I'm a good boy that obeys authority figures, but just wanted to mention a few things:

    -You are probably not ESI. ESI's are much more careful with their wording and stepping on people's toe's, unless you are doing it on purpose (doesn't seem like it). I am not pleased that you are giving ESI a bad name, sullying the memory of Bertrand and Discojoe.
    -You clearly devalue -Fi/+Fe (Hint; this is the base function of ESI).
    -You didn't get ESI in the very effective sociotype.com test.

    Why don't you post a picture so we can VI you?
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    I've never been diagnosed with it, and I've never really suspected I had something like that. Unless being Ne ego counts, lol. And I do remember that Ne is your vulnerable function, so maybe that's why it's throwing you.
    Interesting. Are you seeing a connection there that I'm not seeing in this? Or just purposely veering off a bit?

    I'm a bit weird in Socionics. The cognitive processes that are represented by Ne do make me REEEEE sometimes, lmaoo, but I'm odd in the sense that I tend to consider more alternatives than most people — at least when it's about people. Well, at least if they're on neutral/positive terms with me. I think I can probably become too hasty when someone gets on my bad side, which I probably should work on. I get what it's like to be misjudged all too well, so I try not to treat others like that. I've noticed from a few of my more recent interactions, however, that I've been too quick to judge if someone crosses the line with me or someone else that I feel compelled to defend. I'm always a work in progress, we're all human.

    Well, we're physical beings, and our entire understanding of the world is physical ("chemical," if you prefer). Spirituality and a sense of mysticism is itself rooted in chemical reactions -- wouldn't you agree? So is love, of course. If we don't listen to the chemical reactions in our minds, what should we listen to? How could we listen at all?
    Not sure we're on the same page, need to clarify. How are you defining spiritual here?

    I don't see why "limerence" is necessarily unhealthy, either. Having a clear sense of purpose feels good, and inspires great actions. Of course your purpose can be misguided, but a purpose motivated by love doesn't sound so bad -- probably better than most alternatives, I'd say.
    One resource explains that the neurochemical cocktail can create addiction. It's an extreme obsession. About 85% of a person's day can revolve around the object of their affection. It can result in stalking, depression, suicidality, all sorts of things. How you experience interactions with the person has the capacity to make or break your day…or life. Most people would feel bad if the object of our affections rejected us, but it wouldn't normally evoke suicidal ideation. It may resemble certainty about what they want, but actually, once the limerence is over, the relationship almost always ends. The limerence causes you to ignore red flags because you project your own fantasy onto them. You can think you're compatible when you really aren't in reality, because of that fantasy. Once someone wakes up from it, they realize it wasn't all they thought it was. It also takes them away from reality, so that they're caught up in trying to revolve their life around someone who might not even reciprocate their desires, instead of building their life up in realistic ways. Even if there is reciprocation, it's something you build your life around only for it to eventually die off.

    I want to be clear, my intention is not to rail against the contents of the original post, nor the user behind them. My intention is to caution people that limerence is not something that can safely be normalized, and this thread runs the risk of normalizing it. That can be damaging to peoples' real, actual lives. I can't sit back silently and say nothing when I see that. In my mind's eye, that would be like seeing a crowd standing in front of an oncoming train, knowing they don't see it, and then saying nothing to them. Never warning that they should move out of the way. I'm trying to protect others from a risk that I see — including OP, if they will receive it.


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    Quote Originally Posted by roger557 View Post
    @Noir, you're a bull in a china shop. You have the finesse of a double amputee. I'm not going to reply to that last post because I was suggested that I ignore you, and I'm a good boy that obeys authority figures, but just wanted to mention a few things:

    -You are probably not ESI. ESI's are much more careful with their wording and stepping on people's toe's, unless you are doing it on purpose (doesn't seem like it). I am not pleased that you are giving ESI a bad name, sullying the memory of Bertrand and Discojoe.
    -You clearly devalue -Fi/+Fe (Hint; this is the base function of ESI).
    -You didn't get ESI in the very effective sociotype.com test.

    Why don't you post a picture so we can VI you?
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    Okay... after this very productive intermission... you guys (gammas and anybody else who wants to answer) can resume describing how do you experience limerence, and what has come of it in your life.


    I wanted to add that being reciprocally limerent with someone is one of the most terrific things that a person can experience.

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    I define limerance as an infatuation with someone which is not returned. As such, it sucks.

    My biggest problem with limerance is that it indicates that the person with the feelings is living in a fantasy world that is resistant to reality, and this can have some detrimental results.

    Person A: "I love you so much. Why don't you love me back?"
    Person B: "Who the fuck are you? Get away from me, you psycho."

    In my opinion, it is much better to make a small investment in a relationship and then wait to see if it is reciprocated.
    You lay down a brick, and if the other person lays down a brick, you continue. Maybe, after awhile, you have a house you can live in.

    But if you are laying down all the bricks, you're an idiot. The other person might think you are building a prison for them.
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    As for your reference to Identifying Your Quadra Through Ideal Sex (https://www.the16types.info/vbulleti...ough-ideal-sex), my opinion is informed by my recent constant contact with a female ESI lesbian.

    Despite her playing on a different ball team, we have pretty thoroughly Dualized, just without the sex. Nevertheless, to Gammas, "Work is Life", and when we were working every day together and discovering that we really like each other and that we work together fantastically well, she reached a point where she said she needed a break.
    I told her that descriptions of our Duality indicate that our relations are characterized by 3-4 days of high intensity "on", followed by several days off, and it was OK with me if she felt like working that way because I needed a break, too. She readily agreed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Interesting. Are you seeing a connection there that I'm not seeing in this? Or just purposely veering off a bit?
    A connection to Ne? Sure. It's interesting you see what I'm saying as veering off. I've been trying to respond to nearly everything you've said. Could you point out where I seem to be steering off track?

    Not sure we're on the same page, need to clarify. How are you defining spiritual here?
    Wouldn't you agree the spiritual is ultimately physical? But I don't believe that invalidates the concept of spirituality; only the late Christian idea of it as something separate from physical existence. I think I'd define spirituality as a sense of obligation to something greater than yourself. Someone else can likely come up with a better one, but I hope that'll suffice for now.

    One resource explains that the neurochemical cocktail can create addiction. It's an extreme obsession. About 85% of a person's day can revolve around the object of their affection. It can result in stalking, depression, suicidality, all sorts of things. How you experience interactions with the person has the capacity to make or break your day…or life.
    When people try to reduce life to "nothing but" certain patterns of interaction of chemicals and electricity, it's important to understand that they are technically right, but this doesn't really tell us much that's ultimately important. As humans, when we interact with the world and with each other, we don't generally deal directly with the basic chemicals and electrical impulses in the brain. We aren't naturally capable of this. As conscious people we deal with abstractions designed for our use, but abstractions which bear an actual relationship with reality. An example of this is using a desktop environment on a computer. When you click an icon, or drag a representation of a folder around, what you appear to do is heavily abstracted from the actual interaction of EM fields in your computer -- and what happens in a modern computer on this level is much too complicated for any single human to understand -- but at the same time you are interacting with the computer, and changing it to your will.

    Taking this analogy further, when someone says a certain mental condition or emotion is the product of something like a "chemical imbalance," this is analogous to saying any problem you might experience with a computer is due to an "electrical imbalance." It's not wrong, in the sense that electricity isn't flowing in the way you wish it would go, but 90% of the time, you're facing a software issue, or even user inexperience. In these cases you're capable of changing the issue via the abstractions provided to you to do so -- say by changing a setting or configuration file. In the same way, most mental issues are "software issues," in the sense that consciousness possesses the means to engage them on its own terms. But this is the default way of understanding the world -- virtually any child will develop a conscious approach to life more or less naturally, but no one has an intuitive knowledge of chemistry or electromagnetism; these have to be studied. So when people talk about how our thoughts, and emotions, and whatnot, are "nothing but" chemical reactions, the intent is usually to make you doubt your intuitive understanding of life, and this is usually unjustified.

    Not to say that there aren't cases where the "hardware" is damaged, for instance in cases of physical trauma to the brain. In these cases the conscious mind usually isn't capable of addressing issues with its own understanding (perhaps because its ability to understand has been damaged). But this is relatively rare, to begin with, and, more importantly, even in these kinds of cases, we don't yet possess the scientific knowledge needed to repair damage of this kind. We have drugs developed more or less by trial and error, that sometimes seem to alleviate symptoms, but usually it's only barely understood why those drugs have the effects they do or why the brain responds as it does. Understanding of the physical brain is still in very early stages. So even in cases of actual demonstrable physical damage, framing someone's psychological problems in terms of chemical reactions still isn't likely to do you much good most of the time.

    Certain drugs we know have chemical effects on the brain that are known to compromise the ability of the conscious mind to break the addiction without external help. These are called chemical addictions. The idea of a "psychological addiction" doesn't stand on such firm footing. When you start talking about normal human interactions with the world or others in terms of chemical addictions, you're more or less denying the existence of the mind, seeing only the brain. So I think it's better to avoid that kind of talk as much as possible, and prefer to talk about why certain behaviors are good or bad in human, not in chemical, terms.

    people would feel bad if the object of our affections rejected us, but it wouldn't normally evoke suicidal ideation.
    Perhaps that's because most people don't feel their affection strongly enough?

    It may resemble certainty about what they want, but actually, once the limerence is over, the relationship almost always ends. The limerence causes you to ignore red flags because you project your own fantasy onto them. You can think you're compatible when you really aren't in reality, because of that fantasy. Once someone wakes up from it, they realize it wasn't all they thought it was. It also takes them away from reality, so that they're caught up in trying to revolve their life around someone who might not even reciprocate their desires, instead of building their life up in realistic ways. Even if there is reciprocation, it's something you build your life around only for it to eventually die off.
    Even if limerence is a fantasy, why not try to make that fantasy a reality? If you only let yourself be caught up in what actually exists, never allowing yourself to imagine what might, you won't ever really live.

    Unfortunately, love tends to die (or perhaps what people believe to be love?). Easily 9/10 couples don't seem truly happy and loving with each other. In my book 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

    I want to be clear, my intention is not to rail against the contents of the original post, nor the user behind them. My intention is to caution people that limerence is not something that can safely be normalized, and this thread runs the risk of normalizing it. That can be damaging to peoples' real, actual lives. I can't sit back silently and say nothing when I see that. In my mind's eye, that would be like seeing a crowd standing in front of an oncoming train, knowing they don't see it, and then saying nothing to them. Never warning that they should move out of the way. I'm trying to protect others from a risk that I see — including OP, if they will receive it.
    Normal life is pretty boring, and most upcoming changes seem to be making it more so. If the choice is between sitting paralyzed in a padded room at an asylum, never experiencing anything meaningful, never choosing else for yourself, and between throwing yourself in front of a train, I would support the effort of anyone to throw themselves in front of that train, and join them myself. I don't see the physical extension of a spiritually crippled life as a worthwhile goal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    actually, once the limerence is over, the relationship almost always ends.
    It ends if the limerence "start up" effect is not followed. It doesn't have to end, unless one of the parties wishes it.

    The limerence causes you to ignore red flags because you project your own fantasy onto them. You can think you're compatible when you really aren't in reality, because of that fantasy.
    This is true in my experience, unfortunately. But as I've said before, each time I learned something or progressed my self-development in some way that I think God intended me to.


    Once someone wakes up from it, they realize it wasn't all they thought it was. It also takes them away from reality, so that they're caught up in trying to revolve their life around someone who might not even reciprocate their desires,
    Not in my case. In my cases, the feelings were reciprocated. Not reciprocated with limerence though; with limerence only one of the cases.

    instead of building their life up in realistic ways. Even if there is reciprocation, it's something you build your life around only for it to eventually die off.
    I believe strong in-love feelings can be rekindled with someone, but I'm not sure. It is an only one-time thing? Being in love surely insn't, but limerence might be. To be honest, it isn't that good being limerent. It's cool and all that to experience it once in your life, but being limerent in a long-term manner doesn't sound too good.
    My intention is to caution people that limerence is not something that can safely be normalized, and this thread runs the risk of normalizing it. That can be damaging to peoples' real, actual lives. I can't sit back silently and say nothing when I see that.
    You sound very SP. Limerence and being in love are the spice of life (at least, I bet, for sx types, and what I'm trying to deduce here, gammas too?).

    In my mind's eye, that would be like seeing a crowd standing in front of an oncoming train, knowing they don't see it, and then saying nothing to them. Never warning that they should move out of the way. I'm trying to protect others from a risk that I see — including OP, if they will receive it.
    Not sure I buy into this supposed "altruism" you purport to be motivating you. Are you sure this is why you are portraying limerence in such a bad light?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    It's not something I tend to experience much anymore, and if I do, I fight the fuck out of it because I see it as a vulnerability and I can't stand experiencing it. It's highly unpleasant to me.

    "Restoring forces," lmao what does that even mean? That seems like a terrible resource.
    It means to rest and build strength back up. We have a similar saying in Spanish. If you translate everything 1 to 1 from certain languages without adjusting it to context in English, you get confusing moments like this, and I'd go a step further to say It's possibly distorted some of our understanding of socionics...but that's for another thread


    As for the topic at hand I share your opinion. I'm pretty sober when it comes to romance and relationships. Attraction I feel very strongly. Limerence on the other hand, sounds like what I've criticized in others for years, but now I finally have the word. In my opinion It's good to take sober and realistic note of what keeps the two individuals together...not to get wrapped up in fantasy.Once I have enough exposure to determin, not only that it's realistic to keep this thing going,but that we're both on the same page and headed in the same direction, then and only then can I develop love. Anything outside of that is just attraction
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    You Sp people scared away all the Sx firsts and none is posting about their limerence experiences :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by roger557 View Post
    You Sp people scared away all the Sx firsts and none is posting about their limerence experiences :/
    I am doubtlessly Sx first, btw. Believe me, I wished I wasn't and tried not to be for years. Sx first doesn't mean diving head first into something psychologically unhealthy. I'm not sure why you refuse to listen to people saying it isn't healthy...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Not gonna lie or sugar coat, I think that's incredibly delusional. It's just chemicals in your brain doing things because you feel attracted, it's really not that deep. Lol, the person you experience limerence toward doesn't even always reciprocate interest, btw.

    My life partner, with whom I have the mutual intention of marrying within the next few years and staying with for life, was not someone I experienced limerence with. Instead, we formed a genuine bond that is much deeper than limerence, aka puppy love, over years of time. The many douchebags who fucked me over, cheated on me, lied to me, abused me, etc. in the past before I became healthy, however, I did experience limerence with.

    So...no offense, but from where I'm standing, you sound incredibly disconnected from actual social experiences — as though you just read about people while not actually being around them in RL.
    Oh hey, something I mentioned years ago here getting a thread! Limerence! Yeah, the chemicals in the head do things. However, knowing what I do now that whole "Marry each other in the next few years" is a red flag so large I'm mistaking it for the mushroom cloud resulting from the detonation of the Tsar Bomba! Just. Get. Engaged. NOW! If you're both that sure about it. If he's serious about you he won't have a problem putting a cheap ring on your finger to send that cultural message to any and all douchebags who get off on stealing another man's woman. Diamonds are for wives, not possible wives.

    Hell, I'm part Irish and we have a bit of cultural relevance here. A Claddagh ring has four ways to wear it if you know what they mean. The right hand is for the casual/dating side. The truly and utterly single wear it with the point of the heart facing outward to signal they are totally open to love from all takers. Once you start dating someone seriously you face it inward yet still on the right hand to show you're "taken" as it were. At this stage Marriage is on the table and everyone looking towards you ought to know you are in a serious relationship with that end a very real possiblity.

    Once you're engaged you switch it over to your left hand with the heart pointed outward because that tells the knowledgeable that you're really committed here. Unless one of you dies or does something truly and blatantly reprehensible it will progress to the final stage of actual marriage where you flip the ring one last time and point the heart inward. That's the equivalent of a Daimond Ring. Tells everyone that you are actually married and your heart is already taken for all eternity by someone else. Best they look elsewhere for romance.

    Quote Originally Posted by roger557 View Post
    You Sp people scared away all the Sx firsts and none is posting about their limerence experiences :/
    As an Sp/Sx type I can say I have experienced it twice. I think the targets of my drives were "So" primary types though so that's probably what drove them off. Sadly, not before I... Well, let's just say there are things I wish I knew then and thus would not have done to them what I did as now I know what we were both doing to each other, why we did it, and how that was a huge and righteous mess.

    Protip: ONS's are bad. Don't engage in them period. Not just because of the STD risk but rather because of the issues that make them happen.

    I did a terrible thing to them. And they also did a terrible thing to me but by and large the blame lies with me. I should have said no. I should have realized the magnitude of the sin I was committing, and yet I did not...

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    Quote Originally Posted by roger557 View Post
    You Sp people scared away all the Sx firsts and none is posting about their limerence experiences :/
    I thought I was rather respectful In my post. I by no means want to scare them away. By all means speak! It might lead to the refining of my views and good conversation.

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