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🎰 Getting back together after breakups is a lot like gambling.
Both are driven by a psychological mechanism called intermittent reinforcement —
The occasional high (a win or a reunion) feels so good, it makes you forget all the pain.
You know it’s bad in the long run. But you keep going back — just like gamblers keep betting, hoping this time will be different.
As they say: “Happiness is just the depth of sorrow.”
#psychology #BreakupCycle