In this episode of Lipstick on Lab Coats, we explore scorned lovers not as villains or romantics, but as unfinished reactions. When attachment bonds fail to dissolve, the nervous system can remain locked in a state of pursuit, rumination, and surveillance. Using a biopsychosocialspiritual lens, we look at how brain chemistry, identity collapse, social isolation, and loss of meaning combine to keep some people tethered to relationships long after they’ve ended. Love, it turns out, follows chemical rules, and when equilibrium is never reached, the system stays reactive.