People often report that break ups are among the most traumatic experiences of their lives. No matter the cause, when someone played a daily role in your life and then all of the sudden they’re gone, the pain can have a lasting impact. But some of us are better equipped to tend to the hurt and move on, while others struggle for years to come. According to some research, the recovery processes can vary depending on your gender.
In October of 2021, researchers published a first-of-its-kind review in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships that evaluated the content of tens of thousands of Reddit users who sought relationship input via the anonymous internet-forum platform. Within this demographic (which was limited to users who identified as male and female), the researchers found that immediately after a break up males tended to be just as broken hearted as females, though the ...
