Common Sense Strategies For Dealing With Break Up Depression
You're feeling depressed and blue about your recent break up with your boyfriend to the point where it's all you seem to think about.
It's hard to get out of bed and every task seems almost pointless.
You wish you could get him back, but you're sure it'll never happen.
I'm here to offer some advice on dealing with break up depression.
So ask yourself first if it's truly over between the two of you.
You may be surprised that the answer isn't as clear cut as you may believe.
(More on that below) But until you can say with certainty that your ex boyfriend is definitely not a part of your future, you're not going to be able to move on toward happiness.
Assuming you decide that you are ready to get on with life and make a clean break with the past, you now need to start on the path to closure.
There are some good tactics you can use to break the grip of break up depression.
A great way to begin is to get your feeling out in open so you can deal with them systematically, rather than just having them constantly swirling around in your head and constantly gnawing at you.
You can do this in a lot of different ways.
Try seeking out your best friends.
They're probably not only willing to listen to you, but are also hoping that you'll come to them because they want to help.
Think of the friend who, if she were in your shoes, you would most want to help.
That's who you should go to.
Or you might try writing down your feelings.
It could be something formal like a journal, or you could just jot down some poetry or maybe begin your own blog.
Another step in reaching closure is to get rid of your ex's stuff.
Throw away what's not valuable to him, but don't be vindictive.
Return the things you know he would want back.
As tempting as it might be to destroy things that he would want, you'll wake up tomorrow no better for having been small minded.
So remember, the best thing you can do to beat break up depression is to actively deal with the feelings your having.
Do something to address them and don't sit around miserable for weeks.
You'll find the closure you're looking much faster that way.
It's hard to get out of bed and every task seems almost pointless.
You wish you could get him back, but you're sure it'll never happen.
I'm here to offer some advice on dealing with break up depression.
So ask yourself first if it's truly over between the two of you.
You may be surprised that the answer isn't as clear cut as you may believe.
(More on that below) But until you can say with certainty that your ex boyfriend is definitely not a part of your future, you're not going to be able to move on toward happiness.
Assuming you decide that you are ready to get on with life and make a clean break with the past, you now need to start on the path to closure.
There are some good tactics you can use to break the grip of break up depression.
A great way to begin is to get your feeling out in open so you can deal with them systematically, rather than just having them constantly swirling around in your head and constantly gnawing at you.
You can do this in a lot of different ways.
Try seeking out your best friends.
They're probably not only willing to listen to you, but are also hoping that you'll come to them because they want to help.
Think of the friend who, if she were in your shoes, you would most want to help.
That's who you should go to.
Or you might try writing down your feelings.
It could be something formal like a journal, or you could just jot down some poetry or maybe begin your own blog.
Another step in reaching closure is to get rid of your ex's stuff.
Throw away what's not valuable to him, but don't be vindictive.
Return the things you know he would want back.
As tempting as it might be to destroy things that he would want, you'll wake up tomorrow no better for having been small minded.
So remember, the best thing you can do to beat break up depression is to actively deal with the feelings your having.
Do something to address them and don't sit around miserable for weeks.
You'll find the closure you're looking much faster that way.