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Familiarity and the brain’s comfort bias
People are wired to seek patterns and predictability; familiarity feels safe even when it once hurt. Choosing or avoiding partners who resemble an ex is often driven by this cognitive shortcut.
That familiar signal can be interpreted two ways: as “I know how to be with this person” (comfort) or “this will end the same way” (warning).
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