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Post by scheme00 on Jan 14, 2018 21:19:43 GMT
I broke up with my exDA about 3 months ago. We were off and on a few times for the past 1.5 years. Ive done all types of therapy and meditation etc and I can not get this woman out of my mind. I can't let it go. I think about her every day, usually all day. I am fairly successful with the opposite sex and have been out on so many dates etc but it does not help.
I will have a good few days and then I'll wake up like today and be totally ruined. Ive spent the last few weeks off of social media and logged in today and looked at her profile. Nothing crazy but she's smiling from ear to ear and looks completely unfazed. Meanwhile I'm sitting replaying every single thing over and over. I know that I would not be happy with her but I'm equally as unhappy without her. I'm stuck in this depression over her. Everything else is going just fine but I can't let go somehow..
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Post by kelvain on Jan 14, 2018 23:35:08 GMT
I broke up with my exDA about 3 months ago. We were off and on a few times for the past 1.5 years. Ive done all types of therapy and meditation etc and I can not get this woman out of my mind. I can't let it go. I think about her every day, usually all day. I am fairly successful with the opposite sex and have been out on so many dates etc but it does not help. I will have a good few days and then I'll wake up like today and be totally ruined. Ive spent the last few weeks off of social media and logged in today and looked at her profile. Nothing crazy but she's smiling from ear to ear and looks completely unfazed. Meanwhile I'm sitting replaying every single thing over and over. I know that I would not be happy with her but I'm equally as unhappy without her. I'm stuck in this depression over her. Everything else is going just fine but I can't let go somehow.. I'm sorry you're feeling that pain and torment. I've been there. It sux. I spent countless hours talking out loud to no one while driving or in the shower or wherever, just to try releasing some of that inner turmoil. As many others pointed out on these forums, it's part of the addiction. When I was in my early 20's I was dating a girl for 5 years. She was a DA although I didn't know it then. We had the textbook push-pull relationship. I asked her to marry me and then she broke up for good within a few days. It took me 2 years to finally get over her. I wish I knew about attachment types back then so instead of blaming myself and wondering what I did wrong, I could have possibly understood what the real deal was. Try to not visit her social media page. It only brings pain. Trust me, I know from experience. When things ended for you, did you get closure or was it a total surprise?
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Post by scheme00 on Jan 14, 2018 23:41:29 GMT
I was the one that ended it with her actually. Over a period of months my anxiety would shoot through the roof not hearing from her for about 3 days at a time. I went to her house and broke up with her and she agreed she was more emotionally distant than I needed. She sent me a text immediately stating that I was one of the best men she ever knew and thanked me for being so patient and understanding with her and said I needed the same sort of attention that I gave her. That made me feel worse actually. Now it's been 2.5 months NC, not a peep from her. We have gone 4 month NC before and started dating again so somehow I am explaining to myself that there is a chance we will do this again. Even though I ended it I want her to reach out to me to try again even though I know it's not good for me.
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Post by Jaeger on Jan 15, 2018 15:32:40 GMT
Looking at this from the outside, I get the feeling that the need for her reaching out to you is caused by a lack of personal validation. It seems to me you're looking outside of yourself to 'fix' something that's inside of you. In my experience, that doesn't work all that well. To get unstuck, as you call it, I think your attention needs to be transferred there.
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Post by leavethelighton on Feb 10, 2018 0:57:15 GMT
I think it's a little like an addiction (and biochemically it probably actually is). The cravings will fade over time but that doesn't mean you stop being an addict, at least for quite awhile. I agree with Kelvain, take a break from visiting her on the social media for awhile-- or anything else that reactivates the feelings-- and see if that helps.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2018 1:38:00 GMT
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Post by cricket on Feb 15, 2018 22:24:43 GMT
That was really good. Thanks for posting it. I hate , hate,hate thinking of this as an addiction. I don't like being addicted to anything unhealthy.
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Post by mrcamper on Feb 16, 2018 19:20:55 GMT
I know where you're coming from. That person cannot and will not change. If you're going to think back then focus on all the anxiety and confusion and uncertainty. Write out and define what she did that kept throwing you off, feeling like you're standing on uneventful ground. Write out a list of complaints if it helps.
In the mean time, focus on you! Think of yourself and treat yourself good. Find hobbies you're into, keep a list of positive affirmations in your wallet. Do a service project. But get the logical side of your brain to tell the emotional side that she cannot and she will not change. That this has to end.
I haven't read the link above but am about to right now.
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