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580. The end of a close friendship can hurt just as much as a romantic breakup — and in some ways, more. This week Dr. Judy Ho unpacks the psychology of friendship loss: why it’s so hard to grieve, what makes it different from other kinds of endings, and three evidence-based ways to actually move through it.


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