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When You Keep Dating Versions of Your Ex

I keep dating people who remind me of my ex and then breaking up with them for not being my ex and I know this is insane.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You seek familiar patterns while simultaneously punishing others for not being the original, creating a cycle of manufactured disappointment.

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