1. The study began as a repair experiment. The professor told participants still stuck on their ex to stare at the truth, not nostalgia. For 12 minutes, they practiced mental detachment instead of craving. Results from scans later showed less emotional flare when exposed to photos of that person. 2. First action: collapse the idealized image. For four minutes they wrote every cost of that connection—lost focus, disrupted sleep, constant self-doubt. Seeing the pattern made the attachment lose its