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Forget Your Ex? Science Reveals the Surprising Timeline After a Breakup

Houw much time it takes to forget your ex?

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News18•12-03-2026, 07:57

Forget Your Ex? Science Reveals the Surprising Timeline After a Breakup

•Love activates the brain's reward system, releasing dopamine, oxytocin, and norepinephrine, creating addiction-like feelings.
•Breakups cause 'withdrawal' due to the lack of these emotional chemicals, similar to addiction recovery.
•A study by Social Psychological and Personality Science indicates it takes 4 years to erase 50% of emotional feelings towards an ex.
•It takes almost 8 years to completely forget an ex, with deeper and longer relationships requiring more time.
•Stopping contact, giving yourself time, accepting the situation, and starting new things can help in moving on.

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