Falling out of love feels like the end. But after 16 years of working with couples, I’ve learned that what most people call falling out of love is actually something else entirely. Here’s the clinical truth about what’s happening, and what to do about it.
The reason you can’t get over someone isn’t weakness. It’s biology. A therapist with 16 years of experience explains the neuroscience of attachment, why your body holds on after a breakup, and the somatic process of actually letting go.
Your breakup hurts because your nervous system is running a survival program millions of years old. Licensed therapist Figs O Sullivan explains the neuroscience of heartbreak, the dangerous Orphan Sovereignty pattern, and 7 steps to real recovery.
Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. I regret my divorce. If that sentence has been
Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. Quick answer: Yes, divorced couples do get back together,
Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. Is it cheating if you are separated but still
It is two in the morning and you are on the kitchen floor. The house
Let me be straight with you, because you deserve that. The fact that you typed
Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. Recognize yourself in this? Talk to Figlet about a
Watch: Figs O’Sullivan, LMFT explains this. You are on the kitchen floor at midnight. The
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This interview originally appeared in GGMG Magazine, the magazine of the Golden Gate Mothers Group.
