Breakup

Nearly everyone experiences the pain of a breakup of an important love relationship at some point in life. Many people are forced to cope for the first time with the breakup of a significant relationship during their college years. It is difficult to know just how painful a relationship breakup can be until it happens in one's own life. Intense feelings of sadness and despair are a common reaction to the end of a relationship. Psychological research shows that the emotional response to the breakup of a romantic relationship strongly resembles reactions to what would appear to be more traumatic losses, such as the death of a loved one or the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness.