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How to Get Over Someone and Move On with Your Life1 September 2017 · Updated 20 November 2023
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“Getting over an ex has a lot more to do with knowing who you are and the story you tell yourself about your past relationship than it does with trying to mitigate the pain every time you’re reminded of them.”
If You Had a Long Distance Breakup Here Is How You Get Back Together25 September 2017
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“Take the time to embrace being alone and think about what you can do to make yourself happy. Chances are, you were putting a ton of effort into your long distance relationship.”
How to Get Over a Breakup—and Come Out Stronger on the Other Side6 February 2025
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“Breakups give you the chance to rebuild yourself and become the best version of who you are.” says therapist Misty Williams. “You get to focus entirely on your own expectations and priorities without anyone else’s influence.”
Turning Pain into Power: 10 Ways to Move On After a Breakup23 April 2025
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“I can promise you that you will be okay. If you are determined to move forward and heal and not focused on looking back on what happened, you will get through this and out the other side, better than ever.”
How to Get Over a Tough Breakup - This Battered Suitcase4 October 2023 · Updated 7 November 2025
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“What you need to do now is feel all of your feelings. Let it all out. Feel sad. Feel angry. Cry. Scream into the pillow. Despite what we’ve so often been told in society, we can’t just bottle up our feelings in the hopes that that will make everything OK.”
10 Things Every Guy Should Do After a Bad Breakup21 March 2016 · Updated 12 November 2020
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“To move on from a breakup, you have to acknowledge your sadness. It doesn’t matter if you were in a relationship for three years or three months. We want to be loved and having something we thought had potential taken away, hurts.”
How to Bounce Back After a Breakup | Houston Therapy for Better Relationships | Heights Couples Therapy | Top Houston Relationship Therapists18 July 2024 · Updated 21 May 2026
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“Therapy shines when it comes to helping you become more in tune with your emotions. After a breakup, it's normal to feel everything from anger to sadness and confusion. Relationship counseling for divorce and breakups helps you identify these emotions and process them instead of shoving them down.”
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How to Get Over a Breakup: The Science of Healing9 March 2026 · Updated 16 May 2026
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“The most intense phase, the acute distress window characterized by obsessive thinking, sleep disruption, physical pain, and inability to concentrate, typically lasts two to four weeks. That window is brutal but finite. Knowing it has an endpoint matters.”
How to Get Over a Breakup: 7 Reasons It Hurts More Than You Think16 April 2026 · Updated 21 August 2026
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“Your job is to grieve honestly, study the system you helped build, and refuse to let the pain harden into a story about your unlovability. Because the parts of you that hurt the most right now are the same parts that make you capable of the kind of love most…”
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“If you wish to reconcile, you must communicate openly and honestly about your feelings and intentions. Express what you want in a relationship, your deal breakers, and how to work through any issues and rebuild the relationship with mutual respect and understanding.”
how to handle a break up | Cityscape Counseling13 November 2022 · Updated 4 August 2025
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“The healthiest way to begin healing is to completely cut off contact from your now ex-partner. This is extremely painful but removing them as much as you can from your life is the healthiest way forward.”
Embracing Change: Helpful Tips for Moving Forward After a Breakup | Arlington, VA | Washington, D.C. | Sarah Moore, LPC18 March 2024 · Updated 15 November 2025
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“Moving forward after a breakup takes time. You can’t rush the healing process. Here are a few steps you can take to begin this new chapter.”
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“I want to stress the importance of being kind to yourself as you process the comments, events, and actions of your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend. Try not to spiral into guilt, shame, or rage toward yourself.”
How to Navigate a Breakup - Modern Love Counseling™20 September 2023 · Updated 21 September 2023
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“Compile a list of who you want to be in your next relationship and honor these changes for yourself. Remember, it’s important to grow and learn from breakups, not dwell in shame and isolation.”
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“Ending a relationship is not easy, and most of the time the social sympathy goes to the person who’s been broken up with. However, the breakup initiator equally deserves support and encouragement to process the ending of this relationship.”
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“The very first one is going to be cut off contact. Specifically, this can delve into if you feel it's time to de-escalate or if it's getting awkward just trying to be friends or if you realize that the relationship is toxic or volatile, then, cut off contact for at…”
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6 Tips To Cope With a Tough Breakup - Channel Kindness25 August 2025 · Updated 27 August 2025
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“If someone doesn’t want to be in your life, LET THEM. If someone doesn’t see your value, LET THEM. If someone betrays your trust, LET THEM. People will show you who they are — just give it time.”
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“So, to every man whose woman has crushed his heart with a mallet, let me be blunt, again: She's gone, man. Let go, move on. Use my guide.”
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Finally Letting Go of the Pain and Moving On after a Breakup10 January 2014 · Updated 22 December 2020
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“If you can’t climb out, dig out. Book yourself a few sessions with a counselor whether or not you feel like it or think it will help. Go in, sit down, see what happens.”
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How to ease the pain of grief following a romantic breakup | Psyche Guides28 July 2021 · Updated 22 December 2024
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“There are things you can do to ease your stress, calm your mind and help you process what has happened. This initial kick in the head, however unpleasant, will eventually start to ease. You will not be heartbroken forever.”
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“Your purpose right now is not to find ‘the one’—it’s to find yourself.”
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What to Do After a Breakup: 21 Do's and Don'ts30 September 2019 · Updated 6 September 2024
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“Healing after a breakup may take time — probably more than you’d like. But try to remember that things will get easier as time goes on. In the meantime, it’s important to establish boundaries, limit contact, stop following them on social media, pamper yourself, and reach out if you need support.”
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“The thing about boundaries is that they are for you. When you stop people-pleasing, people will stop being pleased. My advice is to block your ex: Don’t respond, don’t check their Instagram followers, don’t reach out with a meme.”
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10 Psychologist-Approved Ways to Get Over a Breakup Fast19 September 2025 · Updated 7 April 2026
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“Learning how to move on after a breakup involves both emotional processing and practical life changes.”
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What to Do if You Regret Breaking Up, According to a Neuroscientist24 May 2020
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“The most respectful way to proceed, in truth, is to do the work on yourself first after heartbreak. Here’s what that looks like…”
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8 CBT Exercises for Breakups17 May 2016 · Updated 3 May 2022
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“CBT helps you create healthy thoughts, use helpful coping skills, and take value-based action [so] you can move through the fear and grief of the lost relationship.”
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Navigating the Aftermath: A Guide to Healing and Thriving After a Break-Up - Just Mind12 July 2023 · Updated 11 August 2026
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“Having people who you can talk to and be with is of prime importance right now. Enlist the help of your friends and family for practical and emotional support in whatever ways you need.”
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Dealing with Breakup Regret - Dr. Alexandra Solomon — Dr. Alexandra21 April 2024
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“The big overall what-to-do is to create more capacity inside of yourself to sit with this discomfort. So often we try to fix our feelings with an action. The emotional discomfort feels like confirmation that we’ve made a terrible mistake, and we think that undoing the so-called mistake will rescue…”
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How Do I Get Over a Breakup?: Tips for Coping with the End of a Relationship and Moving On - Take Root Therapy25 October 2022 · Updated 7 February 2024
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“Allow yourself time to feel your emotions and grieve. One of the biggest missteps we may make in the aftermath of a breakup is attempting to suppress or ignore our feelings, not acknowledging the hurt, betrayal, or devastation we might be experiencing.”
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How to Move On: Letting Go & Moving Forward After a Breakup5 November 2010 · Updated 6 June 2025
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“To move on after your breakup, keep yourself busy so you're not dwelling on your ex. You can spend extra time with friends and family, pick up a new hobby, and do relaxing activities at home, like reading a good book or taking a bubble bath.”
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“Ground yourself that at a minimum you can be grateful it’s over now rather than a year from now. Because you’re going to do a lot in a year! Yes, a breakup sucks. You getting broken up with sucks. You ending a relationship sucks.”
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“You and your ex can only reconnect after a period of space and time. That’s the only way this works. That’s the only way you can be sure she is worth the trouble.”
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“It’ll take some time, but there are steps you can take to get through your breakup. Everyone is different, so what helps someone else might not work for you. The important thing is that you take care of yourself along the way.”
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Vox First Person: The 7 things I did to get over a big breakup — and why research says they work3 January 2017 · Updated 28 December 2018
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“These were the steps I chose in order to feel most empowered and soothed during my heartbreak. This is not to say that I am completely over it. When you truly love someone, I’m not certain there ever really is an “over it.” But I am confident and happy.”
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How to Get Over an Unexpected Breakup and Move On14 June 2023 · Updated 9 August 2024
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“Do anything and everything you want to. Eat that stinky Roquefort your ex hated, get that nose piercing they said wouldn’t suit you. Spend hours learning to cook your favourite dessert. Memorise all the capital cities in the world. Fuck it, move to Berlin this weekend, just because you can.”
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First Month After a Breakup: What to Do to Heal — The Modern Workweek29 November 2024 · Updated 3 August 2026
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“If I could go back and do it differently my biggest post-breakup healing tip would be… I would give myself a solid month of solitude before even considering a reconciliation.”
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How Long It Takes to Heal After a Breakup—and What Really Helps You Get Over Someone29 January 2026
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“Take time to embrace your feelings,” says Sullivan. “It’s okay to be sad, mad, frustrated, or even to still long for the person. Let yourself feel your emotions. If you do, it will be easier to move on and heal.”
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Depression After a Breakup: When Heartbreak Becomes Depression13 November 2025
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“The strategies you use can either help or hinder your emotional recovery. Research shows that the coping strategies employed by anxiously attached individuals can increase their breakup distress over time.”
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Ending the Cycle of Breaking Up and Getting Back Together10 July 2015
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“Trusting our inner voice, even when it may sound tiny and muffled, is the key to ending the cycle of breaking up and getting back together—and the path to a healthier, happier relationship.”
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“Rebuilding your self-worth doesn’t happen overnight—it’s a gradual reclaiming of who you are without the other person. This is the time to re-explore your individuality, reconnect with forgotten dreams, and re-engage with your values.”
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The Truth About The First Two Months Of A Relationship | Talk To Me About Your Breakup9 November 2014
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“You need to let go of the fantasy of the past. The present is your reality, and if it’s not making you happy then you need to let go. Move on and find someone new—someone who won’t change too much after the first two months.”
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“Here’s my advice to you: 1. Don’t drink too much. I found myself getting emotional when I drank and starting to think unreasonably about us and how good we had it. Take care of your body and go for a long walk if you’re feeling sad or anxious. 2.”