While divorce officially terminates a marriage, this does not necessarily mean that the feelings created during those years will just disappear. You can fully understand that there were problems in the marriage, agree with the fact that the marriage has come to an end, yet feel nostalgic for your ex-partner and contemplate what would happen if you came back together. Such conflicting emotions can be quite confusing, but there are some psychological explanations which imply that feeling nostalgia is not necessarily an indication that the divorce was wrong. Researchers have found that attachment, identity and loneliness can all influence how people respond to the end of a relationship. For some people, longing for reconnection is not about restoring the old marriage, but rather about seeking something familiar and secure.
