Goingthrough a breakup is never easy – sometimes it feels as though thatheartache will never end. Although time is the best healer of all,there are some hacks to make you feel better and start you on thepath to moving on.
1.Support is everything. Women get each other through these toughtimes, as they always have. Hang out with your friends that make youfeel strong, believe in you, and remind you all your positiveattributes. You still matter and BFFs remind you of that, even if aBF couldn’t.
2.On another note, always have a BFF who can see the signs that you’reabout to drunk text, and is ready to confiscate your phone like aruthless teacher. Drunk texting is a total back slide, and yourfriend can help keep your journey of growth on track.
3.Buy yourself flowers. And keep buying them. Use the life cycle ofthese flowers as a way to measure emotional milestones. By the timethe first bouquet wilts, you’ll already feel better. We suggestroses, since you deserve it.
4.Although we don’t. suggest eating your feelings as a daily form ofrecovery (that can turn into an unhealthy emotional eating pitfall),but know that eating the ingredient tryptophan can cause a naturallycalming feeling. It can be found in milk, turkey, cheese, yogurt, orthe all time classic, ice cream.
5.Take up a boxing class, or visit a rage room. A rage room is a roomwhere you basically get to destroy everything in it and pretend it’syour ex’s house. This helps you externalize your aggressive andgive you an outlet for negative energies post-breakup.
6. It’s easy to want to stay friends with your ex after a breakup. After all, they know you better than anyone else, right? Wrong. In this dynamic, usually one person wants to be friends while the other wants something more, which is definitely not a healthy friendship. Cut off contact and sort your baggage out first.
7.If you do decide to let another man into your heart instead of justyour bed, remember to take it slowly, so that you don’t fall into asecond breakup right after the first one. Keep it casual, thenevaluate how ready you are.
8.Instead of scrolling through your feed and looking at depressingpictures of happy couples, go for a hike. Spending at least a coupleof hours outside and being around the sun is proven to improve yourmood. If you live somewhere chronically rainy, take a tropicalvacation.
9. Rebound with a gorgeous guy. Men do it all the time without feeling any shame, why can’t we? Take as much reflective alone time as you need, but that alone time can come before or after a stunning six-pack. You call.
10.Block their social media accounts. A social media blackout will stopyou from thinking about them as frequently. It’s help you stopputting on IG story performances that flaunt how much better you’redoing, and instead… actually start doing better!
11.Rearrange your furniture and your home. This includes purging yourhouse of things that remind you of the relationship, or sentimentalsouvenirs, otherwise known as “relationship junk.” Make space forthose new memories in your home.
12. Eat alone. As women, we’re often uncomfortable eating by ourselves, but there’s some serious joy in chowing down on Pad Thai in silence, by yourself, and free of judgement. This is a big part of the recovery process and if you can become ok with the feeling of being alone, you’ve already taken a big step.
