HOW TO GET OVER A BREAK UP

There are many different ways to try to get over a tough breakup, from finding a random hookup on Tindr to quarantining yourself until the pain lets up. But according to a new study, the most effective way to process the pain and move forward in a healthy direction is to talk about it.

Researchers recruited 210 people fresh off of breakups. Half of them came into the lab regularly to discuss their past relationship, what went wrong, how they felt about it, and how they were coping. The other half just filled out a quick survey at the beginning and the end of the nine-week trial. By the study's end, those who came in to talk about the breakup were in a much better mental place by the study's end, feeling less lonely, less anguished, and more confident about themselves.

"People who completed the repeated assessments demonstrated an improved sense of self, separate from their ex-partner," says study author David Sbarra, a psychology professor at the University of Arizona. "These changes, in turn, decreased their feelings of loneliness and breakup-related emotional distress."

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