Some days, i feel happy, and other days i feel completely lost. I miss the bubbly innocent version of myself who could enjoy little things without overthinking everything. This breakup has changed me in ways I never expected. I don’t understand why I struggle to feel genuinely happy why crowded places make me anxious or why I sometimes feel like I’ll never heal from this. Is it normal to feel this way after a painful breakup.

Today is 38th day of no contact

  • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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    22 days ago

    It takes time. Things like this take time to recover from.

    You’re not going to like to hear that, because you want it over with faster and back to normal tomorrow, but the truth is, it’s just going to take months. Maybe a year or two depending on the length of your relationship.

    Some things will get better, and you’ll find that other things don’t bring you as much joy anymore. Big life events like this have a way of permanently changing who you are, for good and bad.

    You will find other things to get obsessed about and care about and genuinely enjoy.

    Be open to new things going forward, otherwise you might miss the “Next Thing” that will bring you a lot of happiness and joy in life.

    As others have said though, don’t rush into another relationship. Wish I could have taken my own advice on this in the past. Just…trust me/everyone else when they say that. It’s the worst thing you can do.

    You need to recover on your own with friends. You don’t want to just transfer all those feelings into someone else. It will poison whatever relationship you go to next if you don’t deal with your shit and grow from this experience.

    You need to be happy being by yourself before you add someone else to your life. Your happiness is found within yourself. Once you discover that, the power relationships have over you is greatly diminished.

    • Rush@thelemmy.clubOP
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      21 days ago

      Thank you, i needed to hear this. I think i m struggling because i want to stop hurting so badly that i keep wishing i could just wake up one day and be over him. I know healing takes time, but some days it feels impossible, especially when i still miss him despite everything he did. I’ll try to focus on myself and learn to be happy on my own again.