TIL Break-ups are more hurtful for men: In a study of around 5,705 participants from 96 countries, it was found that whilst women experience intense pain immediately after a break-up, they get over it pretty quickly. Whereas men, on the other hand, move on quickly but remain damaged for longer.

I honestly love those dreams. I guess it helps that I’ve been with someone I love for a long time but every so often I’ll have a dream of a lost heartbreak where everything is good. I feel great in those dreams and wake up bittersweet and nostalgic for that person. But then I remember that I’ve had those dreams about others in the past and I know the dream doesn’t have anything to do with them. It’s just a good dream trying to mend lost ends that didn’t need mending. Dreams couldn’t possibly replace the relationship I’m in and if I lost this person in heart break, I’d have those dreams about them too. Now, I just ride the happy feeling they give me while appreciating the reality that I have.

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