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Why Do Break Ups Hurt So Much?

When we feel absolutely devastated by a relationship coming to an end, we should ask ourselves a serious question: "What are we really losing?" Admittedly, one of the most painful things in life is loss, and losing contact with someone we love can be heartbreaking. However, many people decide to call it quits after months or even years of emotional estrangement and physical distance. Then, why is it that couples who rarely show affection or who barely relate often feel panicked at the loss of their partner? Or why is it that a person, who is on the verge of ending a relationship that they are unhappy in, feels desperate and abandoned when their partner chooses to end the relationship first? The overwhelming, emotionally shattering sense of loss that we experience at the end of a relationship is often the result of our having created a " fantasy bond " with our partner. A fantasy bond is a term developed by my father, psychologist  Robert Firestone , to des