We're All Pavlovs and Dogs - by Sherry Ning - Pluripotent
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How our relationships form our identity
We often compare breakups to grief because the end of a relationship is the death of an entire universe of inside jokes and daydreams about how the future might have played out. Whether they were a lover that didn't work out or a friend that drifted away with time, a breakup doesn’t mean that the person is gone (they're still alive), it means that they are gone from your shared universe and you lose the part of yourself that was once reserved for hopes of doing life together. Relationships (especially romantic ones) change you; there's a part of you that becomes more like them and/or a part…
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