felling of loss
...e of days, he did not call and I realized that maybe this relationship was over. I went through many emotions and feelings. They ranged from anger, hurt, sadness to acceptance, and feeling free from bondage of a relationship. One minute, I would see the lack of communication, the feeling of not having control over my own life, and the codependency issues that this relationship had brought to both of our lives. The next minute, I would come up with plan to “fix everything” so we could continue to share our lives together. These thoughts and feelings consumed my life for a month after the break-up. I did not realize that these thoughts and feelings were part of the grieving process and that I was healing. I spent one month in isolation. I did not talk about what I was feeling with anyone. I cut myself off from family and friends. My thought was “everyone had their own problems and I did not need to burden them with mine”. I was in so much pain, I decided to seek professional help. The therapist told me that the feelings and thoughts I was experiencing are part of the natural healing process. That the mixed emotions and the feeling of hopelessness were all a part of a broken heart h...