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This Is How To Heal From A Breakup

The Dating Truth
6 min readJan 2, 2020

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To put it simply, most people can’t get over breakups because they don’t understand them. To miss someone who has been a meaningful part of your life is to be human. To grieve is to be human but often ignored. To stay connected to the past because you prefer that reality is why people stay stuck on their Ex. This is how to get over the breakup for good, and truly heal.

Breakups Are Bonds Broken

A memory that follows you into the present moment becomes your present reality. Do you ever find yourself laughing at a television rerun? What replays in the brain, remains in the brain. Over the time period that you were in a relationship you created a strong bond with the other person. Bonds are formed in a few different ways.

First, you share moments. There are experiences that you create with this person that you have never created before. These special moments generate new combinations of chemicals never felt before.

These new moments become the memories that form an ‘Us’ mentality. It’s no longer you and I — in creating those moments it becomes ‘We’.

Every day that you are dating someone is a day that you are thinking about them in the past, present, and future. When you remember the beautiful moments that you shared on your last date, or the first kiss, you bring the…

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The Dating Truth
The Dating Truth

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I’m Fauna Solomon the founder of The Dating Truth a digital resource for dating advice. We offer the most diverse advice on modern dating available.

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