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Post by kristyrose on Mar 3, 2018 22:11:15 GMT
Hey everyone,
I'm realizing I need to plan more activities for myself for the weekends. I have my friends to see and they are great, my family is about an hr away, but my parents trigger me sometimes so my friends are mostly my family.
i did end up seeing my ex last night, we had dinner and went back to his place so he could pack for a solo weekend trip. We had some wine, listened to music and I ended up spending the night with him and dropping him off to catch his bus in the morning.
I always feel empty when we aren't spending extended time on the weekends, it's slowly becoming less frequent as I can feel him pulling away a bit more in a effort to "move on". Of course if I were initiating this, I'm quite sure he'd be chasing me, all of it is pointless.
I have been ruminating on the fact that he wants to date others and that perhaps he will meet someone this weekend as he went with a group on a bus tour.
Does it matter? No. He doesn't want to be with me and I need to move on and be with someone who does.
I guess posting here just keeps me honest with you all and myself. I try to go NC and it's hard and I end up caving, if I say goodbye to him now, I will be massively triggered, I just feel trapped. I feel trapped and very sad that he doesn't love me.
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Post by gaynxious on Mar 3, 2018 22:22:26 GMT
I am deff still in a distracting phase where I try to be doing fun things with other people. It needs to settle down soon and I really need to start working on some feelings I have been avoiding but it deff helps to have activities so as to not feel lonely.
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Post by leavethelighton on Mar 4, 2018 0:46:52 GMT
I think it would be hard for you to keep spending some time with him like that, even spending the night (Esp. romantically but even if just in the same house) and then to actually move on. Are you sure that won't interfere with the process of moving on?
I know it can be very tempting though-- the whole "I can't have everything but I'll take what I can get" can be so very alluring and difficult to move out of. So I'm not saying it's easy to walk away...
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Post by Jaeger on Mar 4, 2018 19:28:11 GMT
It sounds like you're having a hard time moving forward because of the feelings that arise when you're not distracted by other things. That's a hard place to be Not sure if you are looking for advice here, but what I would do is broaden the circle of people you interact with. Take up a new hobby. Learn to dance (better). Aside from looking dead sexy on a dance floor, you'll meet new people, broaden your horizons, leading to more and more of both, while discovering all over again what makes you the amazing person that you are.
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Post by ocarina on Mar 4, 2018 19:42:44 GMT
Oh Kristyrose - I can really feel your pain and completely understand why you feel so empty.... You know exactly how this cycle is rolling so I don't think any of us will help by reinforcing your feelings of helplessness.
The truth is that you are not helpless - that you have it absolutely within your power to beat this - and to start, you need to fully and painfully and awfully allow yourself to experience the worst without trying to bandaid it with busyness, seeing the ex again or whatever. If you can allow this to happen and come out the other side - which you will - you can open your heart to whatever, make a concious decision to really grasp your future. Using activities to numb pain doesn't work in my experience - feel the pain and experience your own strength and let that guide you forward.
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Post by lucy on Mar 4, 2018 22:50:20 GMT
Hi, I recently saw some relationship guy on youtube talk about how to deal with break ups...you are kind of not broken up...but kind of heading that way...awkward dont know whata going on situation. Believe me I know how it feels. We are in the same boat. I am trying to get off half heartedly, but hope keeps me fron fully letting go. Anyway, so this guy was saying distraction is good and all short term, but what really helps is a life goal. And I think that is very true. I am working towards a big change in my life, which takes up a lot of my time/energy/thoughts and I find it very helpful. Im not sure how i'd be dealing without it. It gives me a reason to look forward to the future, if it all works out. So thats my advise. Think of something big in your life and focus on it.
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