365 - Heartbreak and Recovery
Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships
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The Average Time It Takes to Feel Better After a Breakup
A 2011 study found that it takes an average of 11 weeks to feel better after the loss of a romantic partner. People tend to mispredict how long their recovery is going to take and also how much distress they're going to feel in the future about the breakup or the heartbreak. Basically, your feelings of heartbreak are going to last for a shorter amount of time than you think that they will.
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