Social media makes breakups worse than they used to be.
Because now you don’t just lose the relationship.
You see what comes after it.
Photos. Stories. New beginnings.
All filtered. All controlled.
And your brain treats it like reality.
That’s where the problem starts.
You’re not seeing the full picture.
You’re seeing highlights.
But your mind fills in the rest.
And it rarely fills it in your favor.
This is where jealousy and comparison get amplified.
Not because things are worse.
Because you have more exposure.
It links closely to how comparing yourself to your ex’s new partner becomes almost unavoidable once you keep seeing them.
And the more you look, the harder it is to detach.