24 days NC...there IS hope

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-21-2006
24 days NC...there IS hope
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Thu, 12-21-2006 - 4:28pm

It's been 24 days since I stopped all contacted with my ex when he told me he wanted to start dating other people (and that he was, in fact, starting to date someone else) I was devastated. But as each day goes on, I start to feel better. I have my moments and the holidays don't help but I don't feel like I am going to die anymore. I can actually eat without having that feeling in the pit of my stomach, I don't go to bed crying and not everything I see reminds me of him anymore. This is not to say I am over him, I am not. I am still waiting on that email from him ;-)

This board has been a great avenue of support for me and I thank ALL of you for your responses and posts. It helps to hear the advice and to know we are not alone. My point of posting is to hopefully help and inspire some of you who are so raw in the pain - hang in there and stay strong. You will come out of this on top.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2006
Thu, 12-21-2006 - 4:44pm
great post broken3times! i completely agree. i am almost 3 months into my breakup and i while i am not over my ex by any means, i can see an improvement, little by little, day by day. i couldn't eat, sleep, even drink anything other than water (literally) for about two weeks and i couldn't stop crying and getting sick. now i'm actually able to laugh, concentrate, have a conversation about things without crying. that's not to say that we won't have bad days and moments, because we will. they say to think of it as waves, it comes and it goes. to all of you who are at the very beginning stages, it does get better, i promise...happy holidays!