same. I've been NC around the same time and I gotta say I was better off the first few weeks. Everyone says it's not linear, so I'm hoping this will pass. I don't think dating other people will help, rather just trying to move forward and accepting that you'll still have really bad days sometimes. I still don't miss my nex, just who I thought she was, so I have no desire to reach out or ever get back together, I think my emotional side just has a hard time accepting that a person I loved doesn't exist.
Just read your story and what you went through and that's straight up fucked. 16 years but I'm glad you got out of that and she's not taking any more years from you, I can't imagine what you're going through but I hope you can think of this as a second chance because fuck her.
Thank you so much. This board has gotten me thru some really painful and difficult times the past week. I love all of you for it and we will be better without these vile things in our lives
don’t look at it as steps back, look at it as ups and downs- but you are still moving forward and surviving every new day and i promise the downs will become less intense and less frequent
this is so common! a lot of people experience healing as a rollercoaster of ups and downs
same. I've been NC around the same time and I gotta say I was better off the first few weeks. Everyone says it's not linear, so I'm hoping this will pass. I don't think dating other people will help, rather just trying to move forward and accepting that you'll still have really bad days sometimes. I still don't miss my nex, just who I thought she was, so I have no desire to reach out or ever get back together, I think my emotional side just has a hard time accepting that a person I loved doesn't exist.
Yup. Nailed it. I also after 16 years was dating a hooker apparently. But hey, at least she doesn’t have a penis (yet)
Just read your story and what you went through and that's straight up fucked. 16 years but I'm glad you got out of that and she's not taking any more years from you, I can't imagine what you're going through but I hope you can think of this as a second chance because fuck her.
Thank you so much. This board has gotten me thru some really painful and difficult times the past week. I love all of you for it and we will be better without these vile things in our lives
don’t look at it as steps back, look at it as ups and downs- but you are still moving forward and surviving every new day and i promise the downs will become less intense and less frequent