How to erase someone from memory completely? I am unable to move past him. When I am busy in other activities I don't miss him but when I am free I miss him badly. This is killing me from inside. Please advise sharks.

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Overwrite that memory. Recreate those with someone else.

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Honestly this works. I was in a bad place after an abusive marriage but did everything to remind myself who I was before I met that person and went to places where we once had good times and made new, even better memories. It made a difference for me

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Been there, done that. I was stuck in the past for 4 years. Finally, I moved on. You need to keep yourself busy always.

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You've got the answer in your post: "When I am busy in other activities I don't miss him." Stay busy. Not in the sense of being active 24/7, but pursue hobbies, spend time with friends, build up a life that's full and completely yours and give it time. Eventually those feelings will fade away and you'll wake up one morning and realize you can't remember the last time you thought about him.

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Therapy

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How did you break up? Divorce? Untimely death?

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It is a process. I suppose this just happened lately? Allow yourself to feel them and process them for a time. Best way is to be occupied everyday. Throw away things that remind you of him. Meet new people. Create new hobbies.

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Connect me, I can help you

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You really are a desperate guy. Aren't you?

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Time will heal

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Things like that can really just take time. Sometimes feeling whatever you are feeling can be good in the long run. If you have a trusted person, try talking to them about it, if not writing can be a good alternative. Getting it out is helpful. Also turning this time into a new hobby can help keep busy.

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OP therapy and time are the best two things I can recommend. Unfortunately it is not going to be something you can just get over. And the more you try to shove down your feelings the worse its going to be when you finally have to feel all your emotions. Just take it day by day.

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The only way of removing someone from memory is forgive him or her.

Remember when you forgive him, you are doing it in your mind and then move on is easy.

This is not a one day job. It take a week and only 10 minutes practice.

Once you heal the feelings you are good to go.

We cannot move on because our memories are attached to our feelings.

Let me know if you genuinely need help.

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Did you dump him?

Only time will help. You'll have to bear the pain and keep moving forward. It'll help a lot if you find some partner. It'll make the sufferings easier to bear.

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