Forget Your Ex? Science Reveals the Surprising Timeline After a Breakup

• Love activates the brain's reward system, releasing dopamine, oxytocin, and norepinephrine, creating addiction-like feelings.
• Breakups cause 'withdrawal' due to the lack of these emotional chemicals, similar to addiction recovery.
• A study by Social Psychological and Personality Science indicates it takes 4 years to erase 50% of emotional feelings towards an ex.
• It takes almost 8 years to completely forget an ex, with deeper and longer relationships requiring more time.
• Stopping contact, giving yourself time, accepting the situation, and starting new things can help in moving on.