It is true that whenever couples break up they end up saying “I don’t know who I am anymore.” Researchers suggest that longer-term relationships may have a much more significant influence on us than we would like to accept, or become aware of, LiveScience reports.
According to Erica Slotter, a Northwestern University PhD candidate and also the lead author of the new investigation, says that one of the One of the main reasons why our perception of self changes is the fact that we tend to share friends, hobbies and our free time with our partners, and also engage in discussions of the future. And couples tend to see themselves as part of a whole, which is way too difficult to deal with if the relationship ends. People tend to change their habits, hobbies, plans for the future, social circles, and in some instances even values, after experiencing a breakup. Some were also more likely to change some aspects of their appearance after the separation.
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