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Why we torture ourselves with digital traces of lost love

I keep checking my ex's Instagram even though we broke up eight months ago and seeing her happy without me makes me feel sick but I cannot stop looking.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind mistakes surveillance for connection and pain for proof of caring.

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