Breakups can shake everything, but they don't have to completely knock life off track. These approaches show how it's ...

He's the perfect height. He has perfect hands. You love his sister. You love his scent. In your mind, he (or she!) is perfect, and everything about the person you loved is perfect by association. The ...

Breaking up is hard. When we're in a relationship, we form an attachment bond with our relationship partner, and our attachment system is very powerful. It makes us want to be close to people we care ...

A 2023 study by researchers at the University of Washington examined the recovery period of individuals who experienced a single breakup. The study observed participants over a two-year period and ...

To learn how to get over a really bad breakup and how to rebuild your life after a breakup, you should take advice from ...

If the secret to a lasting relationship is good communication, then the secret to a lasting breakup is no communication. Hence the “no contact rule,” a post-breakup recovery strategy many experts ...

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If you're reading this, chances are you're somewhere in between the "listening to Kacey Musgraves album on repeat" phase and the "social media stalking of the new S.O." phase of a getting over a ...

Heartbreak cures are as old as time, or at least as old as the Common Era. Around the year 1 C.E., the Roman poet Ovid followed up “The Art of Love,” his dating manual in verse, with an antidote ...

Nursing a broken heart is a harrowing endeavor. Once you can accept what has happened, and prepare to take care of yourself and your emotions, you'll be able to move on and grow past it. Soon you'll ...