Its kinda brutal how every time I go through a breakup (as an adult) I have the same stages.
First I feel like my world is ending, and the thought of starting over makes me physically and mentally sick. Losing my comfort is hard for me even if I know Im not happy or healthy with someone.
So for about 1-3 months I literally lose my shit.
Then I put my focus on something else and make sure Im always busy. I focus on work and socialize (in all different forms, even manic risky stuff)
Then my focus starts paying off in ways I never saw being possible.
My first adult breakup that mattered and I lived with him…I ended up saving up and moving out of my parents house, (at least independently) finally at 24. I took photography, walked all the time, taught myself so much about art history and got a pet bunny. I also slept with half of Boston, but I never really had a slut phase before that so …like whatever..we all deserve that phase.
This last breakup wasn’t even with a good person. Like he was satan compared to my ex before him. It was 6 months since my other breakup so I wasn’t even looking when I met him. But of course I let him come around and literally ruin my life for 3 years.
He was truly crazy, and a sick human, and I knew that by the first time. That was my bad.
Either way, he was brutal and so was the breakup.
I lost it to a whole new level.
This year Ive accomplished things I KNOW I would have NEVER done with the chain and ball, that was my ex. Never.
I’m so happy, and this is how it always goes.
Once I’m able to do these things that get me places in life.. I basically lose any care or part of missing the person.
I go from caring SO much. then before I know it I care SO little that I basically feel nothing?
I hate to say my borderline can be useful sometimes…but like…thats whatsup
Im like Taylor Swift in a way. I need to go through a breakup to kick some real ass.