it's awful honestly. for a long time before my dx, i thought i struggled with differentiating between platonic and romantic feelings, but later found out a lot of the people i found myself struggling to tell the difference between these with were just FPs that i had had. my entire being was based on who i was in relation to them. i would drop everything i was doing just to spend time with them. i stayed in unhealthy situations far too long because i was blinded by the idealizations. it's exhausting. i have ended up in inpatient after a breakup with an FP i got involved with romantically. i would not wish this on anyone. it is exhausting.