How To Get Over Being Dumped

It hurts when someone rejects you. Whether you've known a person 15 minutes and they've rejected the idea of going out with you, or you've been with someone for years and been dumped, rejection still brings up the same emotions.
When it's been a long-term relationship and you've been dumped, though, it's especially painful. You don't just feel a personal rejection, as if you weren't good enough for this person, but you think back on all the good memories and start asking yourself questions.
Didn't that mean as much to him as it meant to me? When he said he loved me, did he ever really mean it? Did I ever really matter to him if he can let me go so easily now?
The first step in how to get over being dumped is to stop second-guessing your entire relationship. Just because he has ended it now does not mean that he was not perfectly happy with you before. Don't start doubting everything he ever said or did. If he said he loved you, take it at face value that he did. It's just that now, something has changed. And you need to realize that the chances are good that it has little to with you. Something changed in him (or her) that made him want something different, and he felt that the relationship wasn't right for him. That doesn't always mean he doesn't still love or care about you.
You might be wondering what's wrong with you, and what about you made him not want you anymore. But you'll do yourself a huge favor if you stop doubting yourself and just realize that he made a decision based on himself, not on you. This isn't an easy attitude to have because it's natural to feel that you're at fault when a relationship ends and you didn't want it to happen. But everything is subjective. Whatever is going on his mind and his life is the real cause of the breakup, not necessarily something you were doing wrong.
It's very important right now to be good to yourself and shore yourself up to avoid those feelings of poor me and I'm not pretty/smart/funny/lovable enough that are pretty natural feelings when trying to figure how to get over being dumped.
Do things that make you laugh, because laughter really does lift your mood. Do things you're good at. Spend time with people who appreciate your great qualities and will make you feel better about yourself.
If there's something you're not happy with about yourself, set goals to change it. Get a new hairstyle, have your nails done, get your eyebrows shaped. Embrace your good points and stop worrying about what he thinks, and you'll learn how to get over being dumped sooner than you think.


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