Love is not a cage (nor a video game)
For most of my adolescence, and many years beyond, the two dimensions of my life competing for my attention were school and romance. Naturally driven and goal-oriented (in other words, addicted to dopamine !), I dedicated a lot of my time studying to get good grades and go to a university program that was aligned with my passions (which went from theater to health sciences within a few years). But also an incurable romantic, highly sensitive person and life-lover, my mental space was often filled with fantasies of embraces and kisses that would turn my whole being into an earthquake. Since then, my conception of love (including romantic love) has gone through quite a few profound permutations. As a teenager, even when we think we found ''the one'', it is rarely for eternity (the ''high school sweethearts'' phenomenon is exceptional, and not the norm). I think we need to normalize breakups, because every person evolves throughout a lifetime, and so does ...