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hey guys, sorry for missing in action for a few days. well, things with my dear is back to normal. we talked things through and promised each others to work together to conquer our problem together.
anyway, back to jdreamer. hey, you are progressing well now. i hope you are in the good hand of good people. i dont know about others, but here are the things that i do when my ex-bf suddenly broke up with me. i was devastated at that time:
1) pamper myself - shopping, aromatherapy, vacation. 2) kept all "our" stuffs in box, but i didnt throw it. i just place it into the storeroom. as long as it's out of my view. (i'm still having it now and still using some of it, hehehe) 3) rearrange the furniture in my room, because staying in my room is so unbearable to me. i have reflection of him in every corner of my room, even on my bed. 4) talk things through with him and ask him to give both of us another chance. give him time to think about it and give a time duration for him to think about it. i gave around 1 month. during this period, we are to think our relationship over and dont bother each others. basically, see whether we really dont wanna be together liao. 5) then have his answer. for my case, he didnt give me an answer after the duration that was given. 6) then i give myself a duration for waiting for him. i gave myself 3-4 months. if during this period, he didnt come back to me, then i'm gonna move on.
FYI, i have no appetite at all for 3 months. each time i feel hungry, i try to eat, but end up feel like vomitting and indeed, i vomitted. yes, i do fall sick and all that i want is him but he refused to even come and see me (according to him, he wants me to stand up by myself without depending on him). i also have insomnia and fear of the night. i was like a walking ghost at that period (~3 months). however, i'm lucky that i have a very good friend with me who always by my side when i need her.
basically, i took around 6 months to recover. during this 6 months, my emotion change from ---> hate and blame myself --> hate and blame him --> forgive myself --> forgive him --> accept our breakup --> road to recovery. basically, during the 6 months, i almost cried everyday, however, towards the end of that 6 months, i rarely cry, except sometimes when emotion surpasses me. pain in the heart is definitely very unbearable.
when i started to forgive myself, i stopped contacting him and i asked him not to contact me up until i contact him. the reason why is because i need time to recover and not to be dependant on him. and he agreed to it. well, after some time, after i have recovered, we eventually be friends, even until now, that i have my dear now. being friend with our ex is a privelegde because we understand each others.
anyway, jdreamer, i telling you from my own experience. love yourself first, then love the others. if you couldnt love yourself and keep on torture yourself, how are you going to love others? it's ok if you wanna wait for her, but set a time limit. dont ever wait indefinitely. after the period is over, no matter what the outcome is, learn to forgive yourself and forgive her. FORGIVING is the road to recovery. if the waiting period is over and the answer is still negative, i think you ought to be secluded from her for some time in order for you to recover and let go and to accept the breakup. after you have really let go and recover, then both of you can be friends again.
at the moment, if you feel like talking things in your heart out, just say it to your friend whom you trusted. yes, as one of the forumer said, verbal communication is certainly better than online. cry if you wanna cry, laugh is you wanna laugh, PAMPER yourself and learn to FORGIVE, both you and your ex-gf. all the best, yeah.
This post has been edited by miyoko: Sep 19 2006, 12:57 PM
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