1. Don’t fight your feelings. Breakups are often accompanied by a wide range of strong and negative feelings, including sadness, anger, confusion, resentment, jealousy, fear and regret, to name a few. If you try to ignore or suppress these feelings, you will likely only prolong the normal grieving process and sometimes get stuck in it completely.
2. Discuss your feelings openly. Talking about your feelings surrounding the breakup is an equally powerful tool for managing them. By connecting with supportive friends and family members, we can come to some new understanding and alleviate some of our pain.
3. Write down your thoughts and feelings. In addition to communicating with other people, it can be very helpful to write down your thoughts and feelings related to the breakup. People are not always available when you need to express your feelings, and some feelings or thoughts may be too personal to feel comfortable sharing with others.
4. Understand that breakups are often an inevitable part of life. Remember that many of our dating relationships will end in breakup. That’s the very nature of dating. Until we find our best match, we will be in and out of relationships, so expect that. This way we won’t feel so devastated when it happens.
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