That is, does the field of psychology recognize it? After you have looked it up, you will most likely come away with 2 definitions. (1) strong romantic love or (2) the extreme end of limerence, total obsession.” I'm asking about the second definition. I'm asking because all my research leads back to a book written by Dorothy Tennov many years ago. I have been unable to find where science supports it. (Just because it's in Wikipedia doesn't mean it's real.) Recently a Model was written, but it doesn't answer my question. There's a tribe of Limerence Experienced which is full of stories by those who have experienced it. And at at same time they complain, they don't want either treatment or a cure. So are they just a bunch of overemotional people tormented by unrequited love? Is Tennov's book her personal experience with unrequited love?