A few months ago, when I was struggling to get over the Whippersnapper, I downloaded a self-help app called Mend. It’s designed to help people get over breakups. As a therapist, I half-expected I’d pour scorn over it and focus on how I could have designed it better, but actually, it was bloody good. One…
I’ve been feeling better about the Whippersnapper, and one thing that has really helped, is understanding the role of dopamine in my feelings. Dopamine is a chemical – a neurotransmitter. That means it carries messages across the brain. This is a brain cell: You have about 86 billion of these in your brain. Messages travel…
This week, I came across something I didn’t know existed: Breakup Apps – self-help apps to guide you through a breakup. The one I stumbled across was ‘Mend‘, mentioned in this post in Jill’s Adventures in Dating. I tried to find out more about Mend, and came across ‘Breakup Boss‘ as well. It feels particularly relevant to me,…
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