20 Ways To Get Over A Breakup Faster

Are you going through a break up? Do you feel like it is the end of the world? Read these 20 ways to get over a break up faster.

By Amanda Palmer
20 Ways To Get Over A Breakup Faster

A break up is not the end of the world!

Being in love is beautiful and being in a committed relationship with someone is even more beautiful. It gives us a sense of security, a reason to live and makes our lives worthwhile. We all wish to have a partner in our lives with whom we can share our joys and sorrows. Some of us even go through bad or unhappy relationships only because we do not want to be alone in life. And that is the reason when someone goes through a break up it is devastating. A break up ruins your mindset, lowers your self-worth, gets you into depression and makes you bitter and sad. A break up when mutual hardly matters as both mutually agree to it and decide to move on in life but when the break up is done because either one of the partners does not wish to continue with the relationship anymore, it is very hurting. It is hurting because you love him a lot and want to continue living together with him, be it as his girlfriend or as his wife. But a relationship cannot be forced upon someone and there is no point to carry on with a relationship when one partner is not happy. So when a person does go through a break up, it is very natural to feel sad and depressed for days together. You get drunk, behave silly, binge eat, do not take care of yourself, avoid company, avoid social get-togethers and perhaps plead with your boyfriend day and night to get back together. In short, you get yourself in a very sorry state only to realize that after a few months, the pain does not feel the same; you kind of move on in life as 'time heals everything'. Well, none of us can prevent a break up. It will happen when it has to happen. You cannot hold onto anything and anyone in this world. Circumstances change, people change and even feelings change. While the process of going through a break up can be the toughest phase in anyone's life, there are a few ways in which you can help yourself get over the break up faster. Written below are some 20 ways which will help you get over your break up faster.

1. Cry it out

It is always healthy to cry out all your bottled up emotions of sadness, anger, and frustration. Holding up on emotions gets you into a deep depression and may ruin your health forever. Crying is healthy. You feel light after crying. You can ask your friends to come over and help you make you feel better. Cry it out on your friend's shoulders and see how light you feel later on. Do not think that only weaklings cry. Even the strongest people cry at times. Cry yourself to sleep everyday till one fine day you will feel that there are no more tears to shed and the pain has also lessened.

2. Block him on your social media

When you are going through a break up, it is very natural to keep checking your ex's status updates and whereabouts on the social media. You want to know everything that is happening in his life and also are curious to know if he has a new girlfriend. The best thing to do at that moment is to block your ex on social media. He has dumped you and your self-respect should not allow you to keep checking him on social media. By blocking him, you also block all the temptations to message him or post your status on social media. Keep your private life private and there is no need for the world to know about your relationship status.

3. Talk to your friends about your break up

Your best friends are those who have known you before you affair. They know how you think, what you do when you are stressed and also know how to get you out of your depression. Tell your friends about your break up and spend some time with them. Going through the details of your break up will help you get over it faster and feel lighter.

4. Learn a new hobby to help you get over

This is the best way to get over your break up. You not only use your time wisely but also keep your mind occupied. Learning new hobbies like cooking, art, a musical instrument or even a new sport will help you relieve your stressed mind and also help you occupy your mind in something else. Focus on a hobby you always wanted to do but never got the time when you were in a relationship.

5. Try a different hair cut

A new haircut is also a new you. A different hairstyle drastically changes the appearance of the person. Cut it short, get fringes or grow it long and change your look completely. Let the bygones be bygones. Say goodbye to your ex and also to your old look.

6. Groom yourself differently

Give a boost to your self-confidence by looking your best. Apply makeup, wear pretty clothes, wear your finest perfume and look your very best. Let your ex feel that the break up was a bad idea. The break up should be his loss and not yours. Perhaps, someone better might get besotted by your looks and you meet your soulmate in him!

7. Socialize more and make new friends

Man is a social animal. Staying at home, crying silly over your past will not help you get over your break up but will make you depressed. You need to get out more, socialize more, attend social parties and try and make new friends. One break up is not the end of the world. You might meet someone new and exciting soon. But for that, you have to make yourself available to the world!

8. Date someone to help you get over your ex

You can give it a try! Say yes to that cute looking guy who is forever trying to ask you out. If not seriously, perhaps, you could just date him for the heck of it or to get your mind off your break up. Perhaps, you start to like him a lot. But, you don't have to force yourself and jump into another relationship as soon as you break up with one just to get over it fast. It is just a possibility and you are your best judge.

9. Get busy with your career and focus more

Your past relationship took a lot of your time and you could not even focus on your career the way you wanted. Well, now is the time! Your meetings, presentations, and reports all should be perfect. Impress your boss with your work. Perhaps, you might get a promotion! Let your break up be the end of all the bad things in your life and start afresh with everything. Learning to take things positively often attracts positive vibes in our lives and we get whatever we aspire for.

10. Travel to get over your break up

Often a trip to a beautiful faraway land will help you get over the pain and loss of your break up. Seeing new people, new faces, new culture and new places often helps one to get over the past easily. Perhaps, you could take a break from your city and go for a long trip to somewhere exotic. Breathe fresh air and make newer memories. This is the only way to forget the old and unhappy ones!

11. Exercise

Exercise is the best way to healing one from depression. It helps one get rid of painful memories. It releases feel-good hormones into the body which relieves the mind from depression. Ask your trainer to teach you exercises which help you get rid of your stress. Perhaps, punching a bag will make you believe that you have punched your ex in the face and finally done with him forever! It will also help you get back into shape, look great, get a glow on your face and feel healthy from within.

12. Be honest to yourself about your break up

Now is the time you can be honest about your break up to yourself. Was the relationship really worth it? Did your ex love you as much as you loved him? Introspecting on these questions after a few days of your break up will help you think clearly about the situation and you might even feel at ease with yourself. Your mind generally clears up after a few days or months of going through pain. After a few days, the healing process starts and you can see things in a new light.

13. Have a positive hope for the future

Perhaps, someone much better is made for you. You deserve someone who treats you like a princess and celebrates your presence every day. Have wonderful hopes and thought about your future and believe strictly in the fact that the best is yet to come.

14. Spend a lot of time outside the house

This is a great way of healing yourself of painful memories. At home, it is very natural to sit and brood over the past. Spend as much time outside the house as possible by running errands, visiting long lost friends or visiting an orphanage.

15. Make a burn book

Making a burn book is a healthy way of forgetting your painful memories and healing yourself. You can jot down all that makes you angry and then just burn the book. It will symbolize burning of painful memories and make you instantly feel light and relieved.

16. Visit a counsellor

A counsellor will help you see things in a fresh perspective and also give you some anti-anxiety pills to calm your stressed mind.

17. Get your life back in track

If the break up was from your husband then you need to get a lot of things sorted and in order. A break up after marriage can be very difficult and worse on the kids. You have to take your marriage as a old chapter of your life. Get a job quickly; perhaps find a home and newer ways of security. There is so much to do and you need to do it with a healthy frame of mind. It is easier said than done but you can always take the help of your near and dear ones.

18. Do not keep your ex's belongings at home

You will not be able to fully forget your ex-husband or ex-boyfriend if you continue to keep any of his old belongings at home. Either trash them or give it back to him. Your marriage photographs, marriage souvenirs, and gifts should be all packed and kept away.

19. Eat healthy

Do not end up binge eating after your break up. While it is a common thing to stress eat and you do feel good at that time, it definitely makes you worse after some time. You put on unhealthy weight and begin to look bad and unshapely. You have to eat healthy as a rule to help you get over your break up in a healthy way.

20. Look your best and face him

Lastly, dress up your best and face him. A small hello or a wave will help you get over in a healthy way. None can survive happily in this world bottling up anger and remorse for someone. Perhaps, you both were never meant to be together. You cannot run away from him forever and if you do you will always feel anxious about meeting him. Finish the chapter once and for all by meeting him and ending the relationship on a happy note!

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