How to deal with infatuation and overthinking about someone - is it a dopamine addiction?
Hi all.
I have had a crush for a year or two now. I think about them constantly, and I am afraid it might be some form of dopamine addiction.
I don't want tob pursue this crush(I'm in a monogamous relationship).
I don't mind having crushes, but this one is borderline infatuation. Imagining all sorts of fake scenarios with them, interpreting little things they do(like stroking their watch, etc) as romantic.
I have been going through some traumatic things in my life and my relationship has been on the rocks(in fact we are currently separated), so thinking about this person has been very pleasurable and I'm afraid it might be some sort of psychological escape/coping mechanism.
How do you all deal with this type of thing? I do think the feelings thst I feel for this person are real, but maybe my sense of romanticism is overblown.