How To Turn A Devastating Loss Into The Best Thing That Ever Happened To You
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Emotions of Grief After A Breakup
There are 3 “phases” of grief: 1) shock and denial, 2) great emotion, 3) acceptance, reorganization and integration.
The bulk of grief work is done in the middle phase which is where all the emotional turmoil takes place. In other posts we will talk about phase 3, but for this post we will talk about phase 1 and 2.
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The post that started it all:
Even when we see a breakup coming, it can be devastating to suddenly be alone.
Perhaps we were still holding onto hope that it would last.
Perhaps we were just deep in denial about everything that was going wrong.
Perhaps we were trying to get it together before the clock chimed midnight and weren’t fast enough.
Even if it’s a breakup we wanted and think is for the best, it can be devastating. Gone are the hopes and dreams that you had at the beginning, gone is a person who [Read more...]
What is “
splitting” and why is it harmful to your recovery from a breakup?
In short, it means mentally and emotionally splitting the good from the bad.
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