5 science-backed ways to get over a rough breakup
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- The only way to fully get over a breakup is to wait it out.
- But there are plenty of strategies to help reduce your emotional distress and become a functioning human being again.
- Those strategies include resisting the urge to Facebook-stalk and finding a silver lining in the experience.
The only way to truly get over a breakup is to give it time.
As biological anthropologist Helen Fisher previously told Business Insider, "The day will come when that person who's been camping in your head is out. And you wake up in the morning and you realize that yesterday you never thought about them at all."
In fact, research suggests that we tend to overestimate how long it will take us to feel better after a breakup.
That said, if you've just landed in Splitsville, there are plenty of ways to speed up the recovery process - so you can show up to work as a functioning human being, and not a sobbing mess. Below, find five scientific and expert-backed ways to cope with a rough breakup.
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