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Why Losing a Close Friendship Can Change Your Identity

  1. Hook slide — Why Losing a Close Friendship Can Change Your Identity

    Why Losing a Close Friendship Can Change Your Identity

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  2. The insight — Losing a close friendship does more than cause sadness. Research on relational identity explains why it can alter you...

    Losing a close friendship does more than cause sadness. Research on relational identity explains why it can alter you...

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  3. The truth — Why Losing a Close Friendship Can Change Your Identity

    The truth about why losing a close friendship can change your identity

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  4. Key takeaway — Losing a close friendship does more than cause sadness. Research on relational identity explains why it can alter you...

    Losing a close friendship does more than cause sadness. Research on relational identity explains why it can alter you...

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Losing a close friendship does more than cause sadness. Research on relational identity explains why it can alter your sense of self and what to do about it.

 

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