Many people out there surely have similar stories about frustratingly persistent lingering feelings for a past flame.
So how longshouldit take toget over someone?
It’s actually a pretty tough question to answerperhaps even impossible.
Fordivorces, a2009 studyfound people take roughly 18 months on average to move on.
Clearly there’s not much consistency here.
“There is no standard, no template for how long it takes to get over a breakup.”
“Some people get over breakups much faster than others,” she says.
“It’s so dependent on the person themselves.”
You get so used to missing them that it feels like no progress is ever being made.
It may be a cliche, but time does help heal most wounds.
Only by doing that can we hope to truly and honestly move on."
(Thatisdifferent, however, fromoverthinking your breakup.)
“For each person, it’ll be different,” Burke adds.
It’s a felt sense rather than any external marker."
You’ll get through thisat your own pace, whatever it may be.
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