By SHARON JAYSON, USA TODAY
Posted: 2008-02-08 14:34:21

Are you crazy in love or just plain crazy?

It all depends on whether new research into a condition called
"limerence" leads to the creation of a new psychiatric diagnosis.

"It's that first stage of attraction where there's that bliss and
euphoria and the newness of love," says Brenda Schaeffer, a
psychologist from Minneapolis.

That's the upside.

But there is a dark side, too.

"It is obsessive-compulsive when you're feeling it. It's the center of
your life," says Arthur Aron, a psychology professor at State
University of New York-Stony Brook.

"Is it a mental illness? People are crazy when they're in love. It's
extremely common to be intensely in love, but it's temporary."

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