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You are whole - just the way you are.
Keep a growth mindset. You don’t have a void, you have a new space to fill with whatever or whoever makes you happy. Be creative. learn a new skill. Meditate.
We can’t know soft without hard, wet without dry or love without loss. Pain helps us understand and appreciate the joy we find later. This is the balance of the universe; it exists because you are here to experience it.
Love and appreciate what you had, what you learned and all the growth that’s come with the end. Some people come into our lives and burn steady with us. Some burn bright for a short time and fade. Both are okay.
Write down the things that you miss. How can you replicate those things for yourself? What triggers the feeling of the void? Can you remove some of those triggers?
You come to terms with this by truly coming back to yourself. When you get upset, find ways to return to your body. Breathe. Come back to the present - it’s the only thing we can change. Write down all the things you’re grateful for in your current life. Return to this list as many times as you need.
There is nothing wrong with being broken hearted. Let yourself grieve and don’t pressure yourself to be over it. Sit with it. Time heals all things and the wheel always turns - you will be happy again.
Someone else posted this here recently: “Feel whatever you’re feeling, and move forward one step at a time.” In my experience, it’s a combination of time, new people/partners in your life, and personal growth. After a while, you’ll recognize that you too have changed and are no longer the person you were.
Yea, it’s crazy and weird. But it happens all the time.
It’s not the person you’re missing, it’s the needs that they filled for you. The key to getting through any loss is to identify what exactly the person did for you? Was it companionship, did they make you feel respected, safe, seen, heard etc…?
Once you pinpoint the top 2 or 3 needs they filled you can begin to look for other ways to get those needs met and to begin to meet them yourself in some cases.
So let’s say you’re ex was really good at having fun things to do and you find that without them you don’t really do anything fun any more - so if you start going out and planning fun things for yourself ….over time you will no longer associate him with the only way to have fun anymore.
Good stuff, C1.
OP, one more thing I'll add - Dig deep within the void. What was the ex providing you that filled that void? That's exactly what you need to work on to fill on your own without needing someone or something outside you to fill it.
I get it that it's easier said than done but hopefully reflecting on this gives you some insight on what you need to work on to fulfill yourself.
Bowl Leader
Watch Daniel Sloss ‘Puzzle’ on Netflix. It’s all about that most people unknowingly use their relationship to fill that void, and we need to complete our own puzzles to be happy in a relationship. You can do it. Keep learning new things, meeting new people and pushing yourself. Invest in yourself. I use that phrase often here and truly believe in it.