Getting Through: A Breakup:

By Author: Connitta Bowers
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One of the most difficult parts of overcoming relationship breakups is to just get through the day. Even the simplest chores can seem to be impossible to complete . Your body systems are stressed from the emotional overload and you may seem to have no energy at all. You find yourself wondering if this will ever end.

Life is not over, far from it. The pain you feel right now won't last indefinitely , but it may take longer to get through it than you'd like to. If you take it slowly, one day at a time, overcoming a relationship breakup will be easier. With time, the pain will ease up and you will find yourself a little stronger, hopefully a bit wiser, and better prepared to face the future. That isn't necessarily a bad thing, right?

Key Parts of Overcoming Relationship Breakup:

To help you on your way through the breakup mess you will need a strong support group of family and friends. You are going to need someone to talk to, someone to listen, and someone to steer you back on track when you feel like you are on a roller coaster ride. Your support system is the first of the critical pieces to overcoming ...
... relationship breakup.

The secondimportant part of overcoming a relationship breakup is to be good to yourself. You aren't always going to feel like eating right, getting enough sleep, or exercising, but sitting in front of the TV with a container of ice cream and a spoon isn't going to help a whole lot! So remember to be kind to yourself.

Now we get to the third key to overcoming a relationship breakup and that is acceptance. You need to accept the fact that you can live without your ex. Embrace the future whether they are going to be in it or not. Life can be good either way.

Something that I found helpful in overcoming a relationship breakup is to take a look at the relationship and try to understand what went wrong. Was it something you were doing? What could have been done differently? Is it something that could have been fixed with a little time and effort? This is important to do, not to beat yourself over the head with your mistakes, but to help you avoid the same trap in future relationships.

If you really feel that the problems in the relationship could be fixed you have the opportunity to try. The problem is that most people really don't have a clue as to how to go about it the right way. If you approach it in the wrong way you could blow any chance you might have had. And that would really suck, eh?

I recently came across an excellent book on how to save a relationship. I am usually pretty skeptical, but I was really surprised. Some of the methods outlined are a bit unorthodox, so it might not be for you. On the other hand, it may be just what you need.
Lacey Wills has been writing about relationships and doing informal relationship counseling for quite some time. Can I Save My Marriage?.