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Getting Past Your Breakup
How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You
- Read in 15 minutes
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- Contains 9 key ideas
Synopsis
Getting Past Your Breakup (2009) provides practical advice for coming to terms with the end of a romantic relationship. It emphasizes the importance of self-care and generating happiness for yourself so you can thrive in life – with or without a significant other.
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In order to grow after a breakup, make sure you take care of yourself and grieve.
Think back to your first breakup. It was most likely a tortuous, heart-wrenching experience, right? But fear not – breakups can actually bring some positive things with them.
All in all, going through a breakup can be the perfect opportunity for personal growth. To achieve this, you have to look after yourself and properly mourn your old relationship.
When it comes to addressing a breakup, there are three distinct ways to handle it. First, there’s the option of investing a lot of emotional energy into trying to win your ex back. Second, there’s simply pretending that nothing’s happened by continuing with your life as normal. Third, there’s taking the time to reflect on your past relationship and your life in general to deal with your emotions so that you can fully heal. The best solution is the last one, but it’s by far the hardest. Here are some initial guiding principles to get you started.
From the very beginning, you need to put yourself first. This can prove difficult, especially if you’re used to catering to your partner’s needs. The trick is to treat yourself lovingly; boost your self-esteem by getting a new haircut or an expensive manicure. You could also take on a new hobby or work on expanding your circle of friends.
Most importantly, don’t try to block out the pain by engaging in behaviors like drug taking or substituting your ex with someone new. Instead, stay in touch with your emotions and work to process through them. Dealing with your feelings in this way will lead to you becoming a stronger person; you’ll trust in your ability to overcome pain and look after yourself.
Next, you’ll learn more about the process of self-care and how to properly grieve – it all begins with putting an end to that toxic relationship.
Key ideas in this title
- In order to grow after a breakup, make sure you take care of yourself and grieve.
- Cut off all contact with your ex and don’t make excuses to communicate.
- Losing a relationship can come as a shock, and there are strong emotions to deal with as you grieve.
- To help you take care of yourself, employ these simple methods.
- To help your family cope with the breakup, stay organized and talk to your children.
- Make relationship inventories to discover harmful patterns in your relationships.
- Identify the situations in which you struggle to set boundaries and learn how to stand your ground.
- Learn to be independent, and if you do find love, don’t sacrifice your passions.
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