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Understanding the psychological patterns that hold you captive long after you know the relationship should end

You know the relationship is not working.

Your rational mind has already made the case. You can list every red flag, every moment of disrespect, every broken promise. Your friends have vo...

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Here's something nobody tells you about breakups: the harder you try to get over someone, the more stuck you become. It's one of those cruel paradoxes that makes absolutely no sense until you understand what's really happening beneath the surface.

You've probably been there. Maybe you're there righ...

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You built a career, a life, maybe even helped others... so why can't you get over him? This question haunts successful gay men at 2 AM when the world is quiet and their achievements feel meaningless against the weight of unresolved heartbreak. You're not broken, weak, or failing at life... you're ex...

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