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Lovesickness Is Real. Here's How to Cure It

That feeling like your heart has been ripped out of your chest? Turns out you’re not just being melodramatic. Being lovesick can impact your mental and physical wellness, but there are ways to get relief.

By Donna Sarkar
Feb 12, 2021 9:30 PM
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Love is inescapable. Intertwined in history, novels and movies, love is ever-present in our daily lives. But just as love can lift us up, it can bring us down.

Whether it is unrequited love, a nasty breakup, or even problems in your current relationship, periods of depression, longing, and hopelessness may follow. Heartache holds the potential to interfere with your life to the point that can impact your mental and physical wellness. In fact, being lovesick can feel exactly like that — an illness.

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