Yearning is not a weakness but a biological imperative, as fundamental as photosynthesis. Armand DiMele explores how suppressed yearning shapes depression, stunted sexuality, and lopsided love, and why grief research now identifies yearning, not denial, as the defining feature of loss.
Why does love, the ultimate prize, cause so much pain? Armand DiMele traces the roots of romantic neediness, examining how men and women fall into obsession at different points in a relationship, why desperation can both draw people in and push them away, and what the concept of limerence reveals about involuntary romantic longing.
Why do we go blind when we fall for someone? Armand DiMele and Stephanie D’Ambra, LCSW, break down lust, lovesickness, and limerence, the infatuation state coined by Dorothy Tenov, arguing that romantic blindness may be biologically wired and that mature love requires accepting people as they actually are.
