How to Be in Control of a Breakup

How to Be in Control of a Breakup

Breakups are a painful and emotionally draining reality of relationships. Knowing how to confront a breakup is the difference between letting yourself wallow in the negativity and getting back on your feet. Controlling your emotions is key to controlling yourself and moving beyond your breakup. Once you determine if your breakup is final and learn to control your emotional pain, you can begin arranging your goals around living a happier life. Take control of your breakup by taking control of yourself.

1 – Control a breakup at the time

 by making decisive, honest but not cruel, and rational decisions about your relationship. Speak from a positive position, and be very clear about your position on the relationship and its end. Control a breakup while being broken up with by controlling your emotions and staying strong. Ask direct questions to learn specific facts about your breakup, such as whether the breakup is permanent or if there is still hope for the future.

2 – Determine why your relationship ended

which may not be obvious after a breakup Think about the reasons that you were given, and ask yourself if those reasons sound rational and honest by deciding if they were spoken in anger or if they were an accurate depiction of your relationship. For instance, determine how your relationship ended, if one of you violated the trust in your relationship, and which one of you initiated the breakup.

3 – Decide on your post-breakup goal 

by asking yourself for your future emotional goal and asking yourself how you can get there

 For instance, after a painful breakup, you may decide that within a year you want to be a stronger person than you were when you entered that relationship, in order to find someone else who will better respect your strength. Use this goal as a marker for your progress after your breakup, and begin working toward it immediately.

4 – Assert positive changes early 

by making a list of a few important activities that you intend to pursue, and then force yourself to do them. Include activities that will benefit you and take your mind off of your breakup, such as visiting the gym every day, taking up a new hobby, like reading, or working on your relationships with friends and family. Decide which activities would work to take your mind off of things, and begin doing them immediately.

5 – Control your emotions 

by gaining control over the things you ponder. Identify the emotional triggers that remind you of your ex, such as a certain spot in the park, favorite restaurant or a mutual friend. Use these triggers to activate your emotions when you feel like you are ready to confront the pain you are feeling, and avoid them when you need your strength. Think regularly about other things in your life that make you happy or mean something to you, such as a poem, your pet or a friend in your life who you see as particularly strong.

How to Battle Breakup Loneliness

Loneliness after a breakup can be difficult since being alone tends to make you focus on the loss of relationship. There are things you can do, however, to battle breakup loneliness. Here are some steps you can take.

Enjoy the loneliness

Watch whatever you want on TV without someone changing the channel. Listen to your favorite Programs that the other person may have not liked. Spend some time re-connecting with yourself and regaining parts of yourself that you may have lost or neglected during the relationship.

Resume hobbies that you may have set aside during the relationship

Did your relationship make you cut back on weekly trips to paint pottery or perhaps mountain climbing? If so, then it is time to revisit your old hobby and have some fun.

Visit friends and family

Your friends and family can be great comfort after a breakup. In addition, if you have been spending all of your time with your ex, then they may miss you. Catch up with them and allow them to take care of you and keep you company.

Get a part time job

Make some extra money while you recover from your breakup. Get a seasonal job that will put you in a new environment and allow you to meet new people whom you might make friends with.

Pick up a new hobby

Now could be a good time to do something that you have always thought of doing. Take lessons. Start a blog. Volunteer with the homeless. Before you know it you will forget all about old what’s his (or her) name.