Getting dumped has to be about the worst thing ever, right? Even when you know it’s coming and when you even agree with the decision to go your separate ways, getting dumped feels about as bad as losing your best friend, giving up chocolate, or starting your life completely over. Turns out, there is good reason for that. A new report on CNN says that “the brutality of loving someone who has rejected you has a biological underpinning.” That means your brain actually craves the person you were with on a biological level.

In other words, you can’t help it. You think of them, you want them, you’re sad…. and it’s not your fault. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the person was right for you, or that ending your relationship was the wrong decision. What it does mean is that you have to be extra kind to yourself in allowing time to get over your break up. Here are some tips to making the transition from “broken up” to “moved past it” a bit smoother.

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