Why Can't I Stop Checking My Ex's Instagram?

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Dec. 02 2021 [Bustle logo](%2F%2Fbustle.com%2F%3Futm_campaign=16622%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/0100017d7d839d13-2481a5a2-a689-4de1-ae85-562d8a713941-000000/DoNsDtnxPM1odW3Tyq4HaDxrpLA=247) [alt_text](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fwellness%2Fhow-to-stop-obsessing-over-someone-including-ex%3Futm_campaign=16622%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/1/0100017d7d839d13-2481a5a2-a689-4de1-ae85-562d8a713941-000000/f9V_hS5s_yz-nXk8fdiPdO_4sdo=247) [Why Can't I Stop Checking My Ex's Instagram?](%2F%2Fwww.bustle.com%2Fwellness%2Fhow-to-stop-obsessing-over-someone-including-ex%3Futm_campaign=16622%26utm_medium=bustle%26utm_source=newsletter%26utm_session=d742a11b-2f24-42a9-beac-3c81e347d43a/2/0100017d7d839d13-2481a5a2-a689-4de1-ae85-562d8a713941-000000/xnP6RP0emaBE15-Vf5dz8Llxuuk=247) “It’s a very odd thing, to go from loving someone dearly to not being in their life at all,” writes Bustle’s sex columnist Sophia Benoit. “It’s almost eerie that love that deep can fade or end.” So it’s only natural that we remain curious about exes after we move on — even when we enter into new, happy relationships. You’re walking down the street when bam, you’re hit with a whiff of the fragrance they always used to wear, or you’re out at the coffee shop you went to together, and you think you spot them, but it’s actually just Some Guy. Of course you’re going to see what they’ve been up to lately. But what happens when Instagram stalking becomes a compulsive habit, and not just something we do from time to time when the nostalgia hits? 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TikToker Mia — who calls herself the CEO of the Hot Girl Walk™ — says there are three rules for what one may think about during this exercise: what you’re grateful for, your goals and how you’re going to achieve them, and, of course, how hot you are. 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