Changing the negative self narrative after breakup
Oct 11, 2019 17:11:16 GMT
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Post by alexandra on Oct 11, 2019 17:11:16 GMT
I read this on Quora today, and thought it was a well-worded perspective. Good words if you're ruminating on imagining an ex-partner's new relationship is better, and why it doesn't help to contemplate it -- it's more productive to turn focus back to yourself in order to heal.
"People break up for all kinds of reasons; and sometimes, it has nothing to do with who they leave behind, but that they’re trying to run from themselves. The person they’re with makes them see something they don’t want to face; and the person they go to allows them to ignore it…at least for the time being…"
"People break up for all kinds of reasons; and sometimes, it has nothing to do with who they leave behind, but that they’re trying to run from themselves. The person they’re with makes them see something they don’t want to face; and the person they go to allows them to ignore it…at least for the time being…"
