Do you actually miss them, or do you miss who you were when you were with them?

There are certain people who seem to bring out versions of us that nobody else does.

Maybe you were softer with them. Funnier. More playful. More vulnerable. Maybe you felt unusually safe, understood, or alive around them.

Then the relationship ends, the friendship fades, or life simply moves you in different directions, and it can feel like that version of you disappeared with them.

In this episode of Metanoia Madness, Nicholas explores the relationship between identity, nostalgia, heartbreak, and the different versions of ourselves that emerge around certain people.

Because sometimes missing someone isn’t necessarily evidence that you want them back.

Sometimes you miss who you were with them.

You miss the inside jokes. The w ...