Heartbreak is hard: you find yourself doing things you wouldn't normally do, like scrolling through your ex's Instagram late at night or crying openly in Whole Foods. But eventually, there comes a point where, like a phoenix, you rise from your fortress of empty Ben & Jerry's pints and pull yourself back into rebound mode.

Who better to score your comeback soundtrack than Beyoncé, who once sang, "You thought that I'd be weak without you, but I'm stronger/You thought that I'd be broke without you, but I'm richer/You thought that I'd be sad without you, I laugh harder"?

It turns out that Bey and science both agree that women recover from relationships better than men. According to Science Daily, Researchers at Binghamton University and University College London asked 5,705 participants in 96 countries to talk about their breakups, and found that while women experienced more pain in the aftermath, they also "recover[ed] more fully and [came] out emotionally stronger."

But how do you even study the science of breakups? Basically, participants were asked to "rate the emotional and physical pain of a breakup on a scale of one (none) to 10 (unbearable), Science Daily reports. In terms of "emotional anguish," women averaged 6.84 versus 6.58 in men, and "in terms of physical pain, women averaged 4.21 versus men's 3.75."

Maybe it's the healing power of Ben & Jerry's and Beyoncé (or biology...yeah, probably biology), but women eventually become stronger than ever after a breakup. Men, on the other hand, try to "move on" or "never fully recover."

"The man will likely feel the loss deeply and for a very long period of time as it 'sinks in' that he must 'start competing' all over again to replace what he has lost -- or worse still, come to the realization that the loss is irreplaceable," Craig Morris, a research associate at Binghamton University said.

So dudes, as Beyoncé one said, you shouldn't "ever for a second get to thinking" that "you're irreplaceable" -- but the girl you broke up with might be.