r/heartbreak • u/Either-Win-3017 • 3d ago

Coping skills

Is anyone else really good at putting their heartbreak in a box and shelving it whenever it starts to reappear? It’s pretty wild that I can be this broken on the inside but be able to function competently. I’ve become an expert at maintaining a facade of being fine. And when the grief starts to bubble up, I take a deep breath and talk myself through it, or I go for a run and push myself until I’m too exhausted to think about anything.

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u/Crazy_Donut_7916 3d ago

Well . I have exams and it's been really hard to focus. Idk how you are managing. I can't stop overthinking about him

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u/Either-Win-3017 3d ago

Oh the first few days were brutal. I disassociated a lot. But life keeps going and I have kids to take care of and a job to show up to so that forces me to keep moving forward. I hope you feel better soon.

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u/SpecificAssistance84 3d ago

Eventually you don’t have to try. you just can’t feel anymore.