Did you know time heals all wounds? Well it does. I can’t make it any simpler than that. Or maybe I can…
The further away, time-wise, you get from a catastrophic event the less it hurts. Oh it’ll always hurt. But the severity of that hurt will be so much less.
The key to getting to that comfortably numb state is distract your asshole brain from dwelling on the breakup. The sorrow that one feels after a breakup happens to us all. It’s a god damn stupid universally shared human experience like being born or like learning to walk. It happens to us all.
All of this advice is going to sound like ‘duh of course information’ but when your caught up in that breakup / your world is collapsing spiral, you can’t think of any of it on your own, you morose motherfucker.
This is going to sound corny and cliché but get out of your comfort zone, stupid! How did I venture out? I started going to the gym. Yeah I know. I hate the gym too. But it accomplishes two things. You’re getting out of your house (which is full of relationship memories. Hey, remember that time we banged on my ikea couch. That was fun.) and your working out which releases endorphins that naturally put you in a better mood. Not a happy mood but it’s much better than mopey.
To combat the lingering girlfriend presence I replaced all the photographs in my sweet apartment. If you have extreme hatred you can start getting rid of the furniture that reminds you of your ex. I didn’t go to this extreme but I did put up motivational posters allover my apartment to remind me of my inherent awesomeness. Here are a few:
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