Figuring out how to cope with a break up is hard. Broken hearts and slashed dreams aren’t what we sign up for when we get into a relationship. However, that’s what often happens. But regardless of how horrible your break up may be, there are ways to cope with a breakup and make things better.
3 Tips on How To Cope with a Break Up
1.) Kick Your Ex Off The Pedestal
We often glamorize the positive traits of our ex while downplaying our own positive qualities. This is one of the worst things you can do after a break up. Instead, do the exact opposite. Think of all of the negatives you saw in your ex and all the positive things you have to offer. Accept that for whatever reason, the relationship simply wasn’t meant to be and realize that you have a lot to offer to someone who is looking for someone like you.
2.) Reconnect with the People Who Matter to Help You Cope with the Break Up
When people are in a relationship, they often neglect the people closest to them in order to spend time with their boyfriend or girlfriend. Their friends and family usually take a backseat to their beloved, with whom they spend almost all of their time with. Well now that you are single, it’s a good time to focus on those relationships once again!
Talk to your family, hang out with your friends, do something you’ve always wanted to do. Take a vacation, take up a new sport, engage in a fun new activity, etc. The important thing here is to focus on your future and what you do have, instead of getting stuck in the habit of thinking about the past and what you’re going to miss.
3.) Start Dating Again!
One of the most obvious, but also one of the most effective strategies for getting over a break up is to start dating again. No matter what you think, there are people out there who would actually love to meet you. Now you don’t have to jump back into the dating scene right away. It’s important to take some time for yourself to truly grieve the loss and come to terms with what happened. This is normal. However, it’s important not to stay stuck in this phase for too long.
Start meeting new people through friends, work school, social activities, bars, clubs, or online dating websites. The point is to start dating again. By jumping back in the dating scene, you’ll start socializing and having fun again. Plus you’ll find people who are eager to meet with you and like you for who you are. In fact, you may just end up meeting your soulmate! You never know until you try, right? Worst comes to worst, you’ll make a couple a new friends. What do you got to lose?
Now don’t get me wrong, figuring out how to deal with a break up is not going to be easy. However, if you follow these 3 simple steps I promise that you will get over your ex A LOT faster.
