Anonymous #1 5w

Fair enough. Good choice

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Anonymous #2 4w

Thank you 💛 today marks 3 weeks since. I’ve been journaling a lot and letting myself feel but I find myself feeling so lonely. I don’t even want to talk to him, but I just want connection I guess. Did you feel the same way ever? How did you handle it?

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Anonymous OP 4w

Of course I did. In my personal experience, I was privileged enough to have trusted friends and family members if I needed someone to talk to. Another big thing was realizing that my urge to fill my loneliness with this persons attention was coming from my brain going through actual withdrawals from this person. Once we were broken up I realized how much energy I was putting into the person while giving the people who love me my left overs (if that makes sense).

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Anonymous #2 4w

I will also add this, I am not saying isolation is always healthy, I believe we do need social interaction, but spending time on my own after the breakup instead of jumping into flings (even though it was tempting because it is a distraction) made me realize the importance of building a relationship with myself and enjoying my own company. This sounds dumb but I realized how much I was neglecting myself once I spent more time journaling, starting new hobbies, and more. Once I started dating

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Anonymous #2 4w

again I had so much more confidence in myself because I knew that I didn’t need a romantic connection to feel fulfilled cause I learned to enjoy my own company and I learned so much about myself when I stopped seeking out romantic connection to numb the loneliness I was feeling. Allow yourself to feel sad, it will come in waves, but as time goes on you’ll realize those feelings of sadness and loneliness aren’t as strong as they were in the beginning. 💗

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