Editing Limerence (section)

===Erotomania===

Limerence is sometimes compared to [[erotomania]];<ref name="thelovedrug" /><ref>{{harvnb|Tennov|1999|pp=60–61,265}}</ref> however, erotomania is defined as a [[delusional disorder]] where the sufferer has a delusional belief that the object of their affection is madly in love with them when they are not.<ref name="fisher2016">{{cite journal |last1=Fisher |first1=Helen |last2=Xu |first2=Xiaomeng |last3=Aron |first3=Arthur |last4=Brown |first4=Lucy |date=9 May 2016 |title=Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other |journal=[[Frontiers in Psychology]] |volume=7 |page=687 |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00687 |pmc=4861725 |pmid=27242601 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tallis|2004|pp=163–167}}</ref> A person suffering from erotomania might interpret subtle, irrelevant details (such as their love object wearing a particular accessory) as coded declarations of love, and the sufferer will invent ways to interpret outright rejections as unserious so they can continue believing the object is secretly in love with them.<ref>{{harvnb|Tallis|2004|p=164}}</ref>

According to [[Dorothy Tennov]], a person experiencing limerence might misinterpret signals and falsely believe that their LO reciprocates the feeling when they do not, but they are receptive to negative cues, especially when receiving a clear rejection.<ref>{{harvnb|Tennov|1999|pp=60–61,94–95,267}}</ref>