subject: 3 Important Secrets To Surviving Post-Breakup Depression [print this page] If you've made it here, it's a pretty safe bet that someone dumped you recently. I only wish that our first meeting wasn't under such a dark cloud. I know just how bad all those feelings can be when you've just come out of a relationship. It can seem like the end of the world when a relationship falls apart, especially if the two of you were very close.
I would like to share with you a few secrets on how to cope with the depression that all-too-often follows a breakup.
Depression After Break Up Tip #1 - Let Yourself Feel Sad
It's absolutely normal to have tinges of sadness after breaking up. Breakups are painful, and its okay to feel sad if you're going through one. Open yourself to experiencing all the feelings that you are going through right now. Covering up what your are feeling is always going to end in trouble and is very unhealthy. Sooner or later these negative feelings will build up and get to the point where you cannot control them any more.
Emotions should be able to played out fully on their own. You'll find that letting your emotions out will help you recover and move on from your break up much faster.
Depression After Break Up Tip #2 - Find Other Things to Do with Your Time
With many relationships that lasted a while, you will feel a loss and that there's something absent from your life once it ends and the tears and feelings of anger will soon follow. It is a huge help if you can find something to do that will get you out of a rut.
For example, I took up painting when I got dumped. Once the painting started there was no limit to the release of pent up frustration that had inflicted me. I'm no master of painting but that's fine. The main thing that you need to keep in mind is that it's not about creating something fantastic but only that you are doing something different to take you mind off things and to give your emotions a healthy outlet.
You can try looking at doing other things if you don't fancy painting. The key factor is that it releases your feelings.
Depression After Break Up Tip #3 - Get Busy!
You will often feel very fragile when you are going through a breakup and at first you might want to just stay at home and eat junk food or watch sad movies to ease your pain. In order to increase your chances of getting over depression as fast as you can, this probably isn't going to do much good for you.
In order to get your life back on the right track every effort should be made to get out and about and take on things you didn't have a chance to do before. This can obviously be difficult but if you start with small steps then you will get there. For example, you may just go off to read a book in a coffee shop, but that's still better than nothing at all. It's important that you still feel a connection of some kind to the outside world while you are recovering so that you don't become too depressed or socially isolated.
It's certainly not unusual for you to try and struggle with depression straight after a break up. Above all else, the most important thing is to not to let things get to you and bog you down.
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3 Important Secrets To Surviving Post-Breakup Depression
