Love, Breakup, Zindagi!

Breakups can end up making you feel unloved, depressed and confused. Here’s how to cope with post breakup syndrome...

- Harsha Advani

Recent Bollywood release ‘Dear Zindagi’ shows Alia Bhatt going through post breakup syndrome - sad, confused, and struggling to find the right partner again…

Suffering a breakup has never been easy. Dr Swapna Patkar, Clinical Psychologist, Mumbai, tells you how to bounce back, post a breakup.

Before that, however, let’s find out how to know if you are going through the post breakup syndrome. Here are the symptoms….

BREAKUP KE SIDE EFFECTS

Weight Gain

Generally, people tend to indulge in ice-creams, chocolates and their comfort foods when they are disturbed or sad, which could lead to weight gain.

The psychological reasoning behind it is: Because there is some pain in one part of my life, I am trying to make the other part of my life happy. Thus the craving to eat, and the tendency to put on weight.