Posted by seldomseen on February 15, 2009, at 13:58:47
In reply to asking for support, coping skills (very long), posted by yellowbird01 on February 15, 2009, at 12:35:34
I'm so sorry, break-ups are the pits. It's a wholly different kind of bad than depression, but you have to be careful because one can definately lead to the other.
I have three pieces of advice to offer.
The first is take things one day, one hour at a time. You may not realize it now, but this pain will pass. You do not have to live with it for the rest of your life. Until then, you just have to live in it a day at a time. At the end of each day, reward yourself with the fact that this hurt (he) did not kill you, you did not succumb to it. You made it through another day.
The second thing, and perhaps the hardest bit I offer, is to realize that you are still the same person that you were before all this happened. You are still yellowbird01 with the same likes and dislikes as before, only your circumstances have changed, not you. Your job in healing is to slowly adapt to your new circumstances.
The third, and perhaps the best, is to sell that necklace and get yourself something that is actually useful.
Seldom.
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