At what point is stepping back self-protection rather than abandonment?

Michelle Elman has had her fair share of heartbreak — but when her best friend of eight years ghosted her, she felt a new, confusing kind of loss When I imagined my wedding day, long before I pictured ...

It’s normal for us to need time to ruminate and go over a romantic break-up in minute detail when we feel like we were the one who was dumped. Break-ups can definitely qualify as traumatic events and ...