Infatuation, obsession and intense attraction does not always mean that a limerent object will be held in high regard. Often the limerent object becomes the focus of hate filled and destructive fantasies. Initially the person is idealised and adored, but this can switch at any point into revulsion and fury.
If you find yourself consumed with feelings of limerent rage, the recovery work begins when you purposely address these emotions. The process is two fold, you begin by creating behavioural change, and then you address the underlying feelings of abandonment and betrayal which surface once the obsession is put aside.
What lies under the limerent rage, is the true rage, the agony from childhood where a child was harmed and was powerless to stop it. The limerent rage is the acting out, the re-play of the fury towards the original abuser.
Staying angry with the limerent object means the childhood feelings can't be accessed and worked through. The vengeance fantasies are a form of self-satiation which block trauma. They can feel more empowering than the more typical romantic and sexual fantasies associated with limerence, but they are identical in terms of their narcotizing effect on the mind.
It is time to set aside the object of hatred, and connect instead to the child who was hurt, and had no place for the anger they felt about their violation. This origin anger will set you free, you do not need to recycle this betrayal for eternity in vengeance filled fantasy.
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