Should you always unfollow your ex after a breakup?

LONDON — I could feel the dread welling inside me as I scrolled through my Facebook feed. I knew I'd see his name; I knew the effect it would have on me, but somehow I couldn't tear myself away.

"Unfollow him," people had said to me at the time of our breakup. "Just delete him — it's kinder on yourself," they said.

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But, I wasn't convinced it was kinder. 

I knew that if I remained friends with an ex on Facebook, if I kept following him on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, I would be facing up to the truth of the situation. I'd see photos of his new girlfriend, which would snap me out of any thoughts of us getting back together. It was tough, but I told myself I needed to see it. I knew that unfriending would only make me wonder if he was thinking about me (he wasn't) or if he wasn't over me (he definitely was). Read more...

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