Brandy,

Thanks for your kind words. I must admit I find it difficult to hear positive descriptions of myself, but I appreciate your analysis greatly. I feel like everything I do now is a poor comparison to when I did it with him, which is unfortunate, but I’m hoping it will change soon and one day I see myself travelling again.

William,

Thank you so much for your advice and thoughtfulness. I have being do some of the tips you have suggested and I suppose that’s where my fear was arising – I still want to get my ex back so I felt the tips were not working. But it heartens me to not feel so alone in this predicament and that you too feel the same at times following your breakup. I wrote quite a bit after the split initially, but I admit it has waned lately and I thought it was not doing anything to help. I felt I was just writing down that I wanted to reconcile and I missed him every day, but maybe it was helping and I just didn’t know it.

Well done on doing so much for yourself to feel as good as you can, you seem to have a good head on your shoulders. I honestly hope this pain abates and I become a happy person again. I don’t know about you, but I feel like this event has forever changed me and that I can’t possibly feel normal or happy again, but perhaps that will change in time.

Thanks again for posting, I really appreciate it.