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When Old Apps Surface Old Wounds

I got a notification that it's my ex-boyfriend's birthday on an app I forgot I had and now I'm spiraling about whether I should reach out even though we broke up two years ago.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital memory operates on different timescales than emotional healing, creating unwanted resurrections of past relationships.

Ideas that help explain it
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