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What the heck is Limerence?

So I was reading through random blogs, and I found one talking about Limerence, It seems like a fancy way of saying you have a crush on someone. There is a wikipedia article about it which basically talks about it as a disorder, with things like how long it takes to recover (typically 18 months to 3 years).

It talks about coping mechanisms, well I'm not sure that's an accurate description, it talks about one coping mechanism which is to avoid the person till the feelings subside, and then it talks about 2 other ways in which you can recover, one is finding out the person does like you, which I guess means for some it's all in the chase, and the other is it magically transferring it to someone else.

I kind of feel that it's all just a bunch of nonsense, trying to label something and turn it into some form of psychosis just so people feel better at having a diagnosis. If someone said the 3 ways to deal with fancying someone are:
1) Go out with them
2) Ignore them
3) Find someone else to fancy
I don't think anyone would really be all that surprised, they are kind of the 3 obvious ways of dealing with it. Do people really need it all wrapped in complex terms?