Breakups: Dealing with the loneliness

No one wants to be lonely…sometimes though we fight loneliness with the wrong things.

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There was a time when I was sure if you looked up the definition of loneliness in the dictionary you would see my face right next to it… I mean the one guy…the one guy I thought I would spend the rest of my life with…and well…it didn’t work out…the one guy I had planned so much around…and well…it didn’t work out…

so now here I was trying to make dinner plans by myself. Here I was rejecting invitations to events since I was no longer “in a couple.” Here I was wondering maybe perhaps he and I could be “friends” again and…you know…just hang out as friends…

I couldn’t remember what I had done before him, and couldn’t imagine what I would do without him…but thankfully life went on, and not only did I survive, I was able to look back, smile, and realize that everything worked out really well.

If you’re going through a break up right now, I’m sure it’s really hard. You’re thinking you’ll never be alright, you’ll never survive the loneliness, life will never be worth living…

I hope I can encourage you with my story, that yes breakups are hard, but you are incredibly valuable whether or not you’re dating someone. You can fight the loneliness and you can beat it!

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*THIS IS A SERIES ON BREAKUPS, YOU CAN READ THE OTHER POSTS ON BREAKUPS HERE.