Consider them similar to your favorite drink: you get a rush, you feel good for a short time, and you escape reality. Rebounds are the same as rebounds. They make you feel gorgeous, lively, and self-assured. They make you experience what you need to feel in order to stop sobbing and begin healing. Take advantage of your distraction and then move on. On the rebound: Putting one's attention on someone new might assist anxiously attached people let go of ex-partners. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, volume 35, pages 1382-1394. 2. S. S. Spielmann, S. Joel, G. MacDonald, and A. Kogan (in press). Relationship quality in the present and emotional attachment to ex-partners