Seven tips on how to get over your ex (List)

Piece by: KEZIAH GITAU

04 February 2022

•It's key to detach yourself from it as you will get all sorts of negative energy.

Moving on from someone who you once loved and built a life together may be the hardest thing especially if there is a kid in the picture.

Cutting ties is not an easy task with all the feelings attached and the investments made but when things are no longer working out, just call it quits and move on.

Enjoy reading some of the tips on how to get over your ex.

Make lifestyle changes

After a break up the easiest way to forget your ex is by getting rid of anything and everything that reminds you of them.

Keeping their things will always cause mental torture since their things will always remind you of them.

In case you have a kid together, take your kids to their grandparents for a while and have some alone time to decompress.

Take a break from social media for a bit

Social media is a very toxic place where people give all sorts of opinions concerning other people's lives.

It's key to detach yourself from it as you will get all sorts of negative energy from people which will only make you more depressed and traumatized.

There is always the urge to stalk your ex and know how much they've moved on but that will only cause more pain and mental breakdown.

Get busy.

leaving no room for thoughts and regrets.

You can take a vacation, enroll in cooking or a gym class, find a hobby to ensure that your life is not standing still and there is no room for regrets and mental breakdown.

Cut off all communication.

For your mental and physical wellness, just stop talking or contacting your ex or their family because it only makes you look desperate and a hopeless romantic.

It can be frustrating and very painful to revive a broken relationship in the hope that your love will rekindle.

Resist the urge to stage run-ins.

Heartbreaks can make you do unimaginable things like desperately waiting for your ex at your favorite spot.

If you took gym classes together, always showing up and hoping that you meet. Just stop and change your schedule or avoid those places you are likely to cross paths with them.

Talk to someone close.

Opening up to someone about your struggles and the battles you are fighting helps you release all the emotions, the burdens of your heart, and as we say a problem shared is a problem half solved.

Close friends and family will give you good advice and support in all ways they can but if you feel its not enough, ensure that you visit a counselor who will offer professional advice.

Find love again.

Go out there, look for someone who you can spend quality time with and who will help you find the beauty of love.

It's important to let go and keep on trying no matter how many you fail, always remember to never stop trying because the right man or lady is out there ready to find love.

Sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together.