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Whether staying friends with an ex helps or hurts

We broke up because of long distance but still talk every day and I do not know if we are healing together or just prolonging the pain.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Continued emotional intimacy without physical possibility creates a phantom relationship that prevents both grief and new love.

Ideas that help explain it
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