Relationships are part of our purpose—to love and be loved. Some loves are not meant to last a lifetime. Be thankful for the experience. Don't close your heart. Believe in yourself and love. Make sure you take care of you. Focus on your health and what makes your body feel good. Spend time in nature. Prioritizing self-care means learning how to be your own best friend and cherishing your beautiful self because when you love yourself, you will attract someone who loves themselves, too.
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Avoid contact for 60 to 90 days. Fall in love with your life. One life coach video called How To Get Over Someone says the way to do it is not to convince yourself you never liked them in the first place, but to analyse what it was about them you did like. Then, ask yourself, 'Would it be possible to find such qualities in a future partner?
I found dissecting my relationship in this way helpful. One study claims it takes around three months 11 weeks to be precise for a person to feel more positive about their break-up.
As I said, though, heartbreak is not a science. Personally, it took me six months before I felt ready to move on. By that point, however, I really was ready. And much to my surprise - and good fortune - the person I found renewed my faith in the power of a meaningful connection.
Which leads me to conclude with a personal theory: that getting over heartbreak is a paradoxical challenge, so difficult because of its simplicity. But the trick, in essence, is this: to remember that you are worthy of love. And that in time, it will find you again. A letter to my first love: 'I wanted to live inside you like a parasite'. I spent a year making new friends as an adult, and it was the best thing I ever did.
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