erotomania
Imagined secret admirer
Erotomania is a delusional belief that another person—usually someone famous or of higher status—is secretly in love with you.
The condition involves misinterpreting neutral actions as coded declarations of affection: She was convinced the news anchor was sending her messages through his tie choices.
In looser use, erotomania describes obsessive romantic fixation generally.
Holding false beliefs firmly
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
fantasy · illusion · misbelief · unreality · stalking · celebrity · convinced · imagined
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- monomaniaFixation on single idea
idée fixe · obsessiveness · engrossment · intrusive thoughts · rumination · pursuit · surveillance · letters
delusional
Holding false beliefs firmly
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- paranoiaIrrational persecution fears
fixation · fantasy · illusion · misbelief · unreality · stalking · celebrity · convinced · imagined · false belief
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
monomania · idée fixe · obsessiveness · engrossment · intrusive thoughts · rumination · pursuit · surveillance · letters · contact
unreciprocated
Not given back
- one-sidedUnfairly weighted toward one
- limerenceObsessive romantic preoccupation
- longingIntense, persistent desire
yearning · pining · lovelorn · hopeless · unattainable · torch · crush · smitten · moonstruck · forlorn
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
burning · craving · fervency · vehemence · consuming · overwhelming · desperate · frenzied · fevered · irrational
erotomaniaindifference
Lack of interest
emotional detachment · apathy · disinterest · aloofness · coldness
erotomaniaasexuality
Lack of sexual attraction
aromanticism · frigidity · lovelessness · celibacy · abstinence