Hmm. I do think it’s interesting to compare this to other strong-cravings, I agree it shares similarity there.
I think what makes limerence stand out to me here is that it’s not a default part of my day-to-day life. While small-bouts of attraction/lust might come up fairly frequently, mutual attraction is rare enough, and intense/punctuated enough, that I (and others I’ve seen) are more “caught off guard” than they are with hunger.
Hmm. I do think it’s interesting to compare this to other strong-cravings, I agree it shares similarity there.
I think what makes limerence stand out to me here is that it’s not a default part of my day-to-day life. While small-bouts of attraction/lust might come up fairly frequently, mutual attraction is rare enough, and intense/punctuated enough, that I (and others I’ve seen) are more “caught off guard” than they are with hunger.