Letting Go of Your Ex (2023)
Dr. Cortney Warren, PhD, ABPP
At some point in our lives, almost all of us will go through an excruciatingly painful breakup that absolutely rocks our world. It may be so all-consuming that you feel addicted to your ex. Desperate to reconnect and understand what happened, you can become fixated on your former lover as if you need them to survive. As if your life has lost all meaning without them by your side. As if you no longer have purpose or value on your own. This experience often leaves us feeling depressed, anxious, and lost without a clear picture of how to move on—even when you desperately want...
Gisele Bundchen is back to modeling two months after her split with Tom Brady. She went topless, holding merchandise to her chest to cover up, leaving the rest to the imagination....which brings us to the imaginations of an ex after a breakup.
Most of us are not celebrities and most of us will not see an ex resurface topless in a major designer ad. However, try as we may to avoid the images of our exes, our brains tend to lead us to peek on social media/dating sites to see what they're up to. Why do we do this? In part, we do it for the fix. Our brains get flushed with chemicals that make...