The Many Stages Of Getting Over A Breakup
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Julia Austin
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Why do we deny?
“We engage in this stage to numb the pain that we’re experiencing in that moment. This is normal to want to delay pain but it is a short-term solution,” says Burgess. It’s sort of like holding onto a dead limb you know needs amputation: it’s no longer serving you, but seeing it just there gives you the delusion that it’s working.
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