As the post-breakup depression begins to set it, it becomes hard not to romanticize the relationship. Learn how to separate fact from fiction in this rocky period and get away from the "closure" myth.
In this episode, we delve deep into the complex world of cognitive distortions and the challenge of separating fact from fiction in our emotional lives. Discover the transformative power of a 2-minute exercise to rewire your brain, and understand why concepts like "closure" might be myths that keep us tethered to dead-end relationships. Finally, get acquainted with the region-beta paradox, a dangerous relationship quandary where it feels too bad to stay, yet not quite bad enough to leave.
• Don’t feed the emotional monster
• Gratitude practice and how it changes the brain
• Do not retraumatize yourself
• Cognitive distortions, separating fact from fiction
• How this simple 2 minute gratitude exercise will rewire your brain
• Closure is a myth
• Why you stay in dead-end relationships and sunk fallacy
• The region-beta paradox - The most dangerous kind of relationship - when it’s too bad to stay but not bad enough to leave
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