The First 31 (After a Break Up) Day 7 — The Relapse Period

I think after every break-up most of us goes through what I like to call “The Relapse Period”. It’s a time where doubt creeps in and you start feel­ing sorry for your­self. You have to remem­ber what I said from day one, every­day will be a dif­fer­ent jour­ney. Don’t look to some­one to fill a void know­ing you’re not com­pletely over your ex. It’s a heal­ing process and the key word is process. It will take time; you will have vul­ner­a­ble peri­ods, but don’t give up. As I said before, know your self worth. If you don’t like being alone, call a friend, get out the house and get your mind off things.

This relapse period will hap­pen, either on day seven or day eleven, you will go through it. Like the say­ing goes, “this too shall pass”, and it will. This period will pass, the feel­ings you have will pass, and the relapse period will pass.

“Rather than view­ing a brief relapse back to inac­tiv­ity as a fail­ure, treat it as a chal­lenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible.”

–Jimmy Con­nors