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I want advice
How do I get over an ex that I was with for a whole year?
How do I get over an ex that I was with for a whole year?
Time and experiencing life.
My wife divorced me after 35 years of marriage. I was devastated at first but then I met a woman that I fell madly in love with š
@Anonymous Aww
Hey. I was in your situation and it was hell. I understand. If u need any support with this pop me a comment on one of my posts whenever I post and Iāll do all I can to help. If it was recent hereās what I recommend: ā¢let yourself feel. Donāt numb any feelings. Let it all out ⢠Order yourself your favourite food. And try and enjoy it ā¢surround yourself with family and friends as much as you can. And although it may not seem it right now. It. Will. Get. Better. I promise. š¤
I was devastated after my first relationship. I didnāt believe it at the time, but I had a dear friend who constantly encouraged me that things were already slowly getting better ā eventually I leaned into the idea that even when it feels like hell, every MINUTE, every day, you are a bit closer to healing and not feeling this way. And it was true. I just kept saying ātomorrow will be betterā and eventually it became ātoday is okay, tooā
Maybe make a list of your values and the things you haven't done due to ruminating about the ex? That may inspire less fixation on her.
OCD played a massive role in me feeling fixated on a situation that I technically had no emotional attachment to anymore. Itās important to recognize what aspects of it are OCD related, and use your ERP tools to overcome compulsions. If you do feel youāre experiencing regular grief over your relationship, it can also be helpful to consult a mental health counselor to address those issues separately. Take so much care <3
@EmmaKN Amen
Does anyone have advice for dealing with a breakup. This hurts so bad and my brain is torturing me. OCD makes it so much worse. Itās been a month already. I need to start letting go but canāt stop. Any advice for letting things go .. ?
I feel like I really need help right now. I keep reminiscing on my old relationship and comparing it to my current one. For context, within my old relationship I had been with him for a pretty awful year and 3 months. Within the first 3 months I realized that I didn't actually want to be with him, but I felt sorry for him. So, I stupidly started self sabotaging the relationship. I know that it was stupid, and I tried to break up with him but every time I felt bad. His mental health was already bad and I hate any possibility that I can make someone's mental health worse. That whole "relationship" was so toxic on both ends though. All of that alone has me so messed up. But with that I also had this false attraction to him. Like, I would always be figuring out what I wanted in a relationship and tried to do that with him despite knowing that I didn't actually want to be with him. Now my mind keeps trying to convince me that I'm doing that with my current relationship. I know that I'm not. This one feels genuine and it's pretty healthy. We have our bumps, but we both have this want to fix it and it's just so nice. I hate that my brain is trying to ruin this for me.
my name is isma, i am 19 in nyc. i met this amazing guy at the beginning of the year, we hit it off immediately and he really stood out to me. i recently broke up with him because i feel like if id put him thru a lot if heād stay with me. i recently came out to my parents and it wasnāt voluntary. i was caught with him and then had to reveal that i was gay. my parents didnāt take it too well. i felt uncomfortable and a little scared to be at home for some days. that settled in a week and both my parents told me they were acceptant but in the end it just felt to me like if they accepted me but they just didnāt wanna know about it anymore in a sense of just avoiding touching on the topic. now me and my boyfriend, i was going thru a lot and he gave me all his attention and was there for me whenever i had to vent or just cry because of everything going on. itās crazy to think that at 19 years old id be coming out to my parents when at the start of the year, i never thought thatād be something id end up doing. ive never been open about my emotions or a āsoftā person because i was never able to be myself at home and with my parents. sometimes i canāt even hug anyone. i find it hard to speak to strangers that r not my friends. iām very picky when it comes to making friends. i feel like my thoughts are all over the place and im very indecisive. i miss my boyfriend and i wanna go back with him but im scared that ill ruin things again. before him, i was stuck in hookup culture and thought that by hooking up w a guy i was interested in, heād wanna stay with me and get to know me. i was used many times and ive also used people many times. iāve been done dirty and ive done people dirty, i dont think of myself as a good person but i felt loved and deeply cared for by this guy. he lives in nj and i live in ny. sometimes heād even surprise me at work and i cried the first time he did. i felt so special and in awe because i wouldāve never thought i could get so emotional over a small gesture. to me it wasnāt a small gesture. it was everything because he came from all the way in nj to ny just to see me for a couple of minutes. i hate the way that i am. i am unconfident, i think i am so ugly, sometimes i question how he found me attractive to date. i overthink everything, i cried one time imagining him coming to see me in ny then having to go home so late back to nj, i dont think im worth it and i felt like i didnāt deserve that and maybe itād be better if he found someone near him. i also compared myself a lot with him. heās such a kind spirited person, heās always smiling and i on the other hand get told i look sad or anxious. i am i pretty negative person and that just adds on to me being an overthinker. i always thought someone as happy as him deserves another happy person and not someone who gets mad or agitated easily. i wish i can be more for him, i do miss him a lot and i plan on talking with him again. i just wanna talk everything out, even if we donāt date for sometime, i wanna be around him and know weāre gonna get back there again someday. heās the best person thatās came to my life, i know ppl may say to let it go and see it as a learning experience but i donāt wanna move on if itās not me moving on by his side. i really do wanna be with him i just wanna get my head clear. i donāt know what to do, im stuck
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