Is there an easy way to get over a break-up!?

Before we get into the steps, let’s talk about what happens to your brain when you break up with the person who once had your heart.

It’s difficult, right; you could stumble upon a gift they gave you once or a song that always used to make you think of them. Perhaps you find their hair in your bed or car or an item of their clothing underneath your sofa. The list goes on and on! As you are doing your daily rituals, at some point, you can’t help but think of them.

Travis Mcnulty, LMHC, a famous therapist, attested,

“For the duration of your relationship, your monogamous brain has identified this person as your spouse,” McNulty continues. “We’re biologically hardwired to reproduce, so there is a strong biochemical reaction that ensues from seeing your ‘spouse’ that releases powerful neurotransmitters that make us feel good.”

That’s messed up! If I’m reading him correctly, it’s the equivalent of having coffee every day and then, all of a sudden, just quitting it. I bet you’d be going nuts at work trying to get that caffeine hit! Those lovely feel-good chemicals that float around in your cerebral hemisphere are gone. No matter how much you sing, Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts,.” You’ll still be hurting.