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I don't know about the original question but mine was *not* about whether limerence would explain the acts. Clearly these individuals had other, more serious issues. My question was: are individuals who are clinically diagnosed with ASPD, or sociopaths/psychopaths, if you will, such as is clearly th...

Something I forgot to mention, and perhaps speaks to the fact that we should not be surprised that people with ASPD can feel limerence, because again it is not a form of "love", although love is pretty hard to define, is the transference phenomenon, which could be considered evidence that ...

I think the "showing no remorse" as Sierra pointed out is a protection thing so one doesn't go insane even though I'd question her sanity from the get go. Yes I agree. It happens to people without PD from what I understand. My understanding of PD is also that they exist on a spectrum: we ...

I think with people who lack coping mechanisms, major stresses can start to add onto the already-heavy load of various addictions and increase the need to escape. Possibly for Diane Downs, she may have reached a point where she just hit bottom, lost all emotion and just wanted it all over. Getting ...

I was going to start a thread basically asking the same question about Diane Downs but figured I would search for antisocial personality disorder first and came across this question. I didn't really want to fall into another rabbit hole so didn't read a whole lot about Chris Watts and can't give a p...

Thank you all for your answers. There are multiple reasons behind the question. First, I am really interested in limerence as a scientific subject. It is fascinating in terms of human psychology. Addiction in general is a field I am interested in. If I may provide further details about myself, I am ...

Hi everyone, I am a serial limerent who has had the same LO for 12 years, 9 of those no contact, and I have become very interested in the underlying biological and psychological causes. One of the questions I wonder about is in the subject of this topic: are there straight men who have become limere...