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Feeling Empty and Lonely After Breakup (Why Do I Feel So Empty Without My Ex)

Nothing can compare with the sense of feeling empty and lonely after breakup. This can truly be one of the lowest points of your life and can be very difficult to deal with. Sometimes it can feel as if you are on your own and you don't know where to turn. If you're asking why do I feel so empty without my ex, then this might be the most important thing you've ever read.

By Oliver SamuelPublished 3 years ago 5 min read
Feeling Empty and Lonely After Breakup (Why Do I Feel So Empty Without My Ex)
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Your partner just broke up with you. You are shocked, you don't know what you should do and the worst part: You feel completely empty inside. This loneliness after a breakup is totally normal. That is what everybody, probably including yourself will tell you - and it is true.

The problem with this is just that most people think if something is normal, you can't change it - and that is wrong! I will try to tell you how to get out of your loneliness, and even better, how you might have a chance to make up with your ex partner or to even get back together. Okay, so let's pick up a bit of hope a comfort here and move on to act on your wishes.

The first thing I'm going to tell you might not be exactly what you thought you would want to hear from me right now. But just trust me and stay with me until you heard what I have to tell you. If doing exactly what you'd like to hear had solved your problems, you would probably not read this article here, right? So no worries, everything will be okay.

In order to make up with yourself AND with your ex or even to get back together, you have to let go of them. Take yourself a timeout from everything that has been, everything that is and everything that might be and set yourself some goals for the next two months about what exactly you want to do to stop thinking about your ex. Just go out, do all the things you always wanted to do, meet new people and maybe find out about new things you never knew you might want to try. Everything is possible! Just don't let the stuff from the past few days or weeks get you again. Make sure your days are really active, go out when you feel alone and don't go to bed when you're not really tired. Now what you really want is to have some fun, believe me or not.

Uff, you may think. Or, that is what everyone keeps telling you. Right, maybe, but didn't I tell you to stay with me until the end? What I will tell you now will probably make the difference you always missed. This is the WHY you should do the very things you absolutely feel unable to do right now. Why you shouldn't just stay in bed and cry all night or philosophy how nice it would be if your ex was laying right besides you or how terrible you feel now that you are so alone. Because I am not telling you to forget about your ex just because it's over. And just because it's over you should forget about your ex. No.

You should forget about your ex temporarily because you need to calm your emotions down a bit so next time you meet, you have the strength to talk to each other normally. Because the point of all this is that you have to figure out what you really want. You need to feel your own life to be able to decide: Do you want your ex back or are you fine without them. If you want to get back together or to get your best friend back to have someone you really trust and can talk to about everything because you know they will understand you, you first need to be able to not fall into desperate begging or to burst into tears next time you see each other. And you will see each other. So you should be prepared to be in the best condition possible in order to make the best out of it you can.

Why You Broke Up is Where You Need to Start Healing

We've all heard stories or experienced the "one that got away" but this time you are determined that your love story is going to have a happy ending. If you have found yourself on the other side of heartache and want to win back an ex then this article will provide you with some useful relationship advice.

First you need to give your ex some time to get over the emotions of the breakup. We all tend to make rash decisions that later we wish we hadn't and usually it is only a matter of days where we wish we could take it all back and this is especially true when it comes to emotional decisions. No matter who called it off you both need to take time to guard your hearts so you don't become too much of an emotional wreck.

Put some time and distance between each other. The most difficult part will be to refrain from all contact but this is an important step in the process of getting back together. If you try to contact your ex while you are still fresh from the breakup you will only appear needy and that is not a very attractive thing. Respect your ex's need for some private time so they can gather their thoughts. You will only alienate them further if you insist on contact before they are ready to talk with you. This is certainly not the best way to win them back.

Take time to work on yourself. Change those things that you easily able to do. Perhaps there are subtle changes you can make to your appearance to insure that you are at your physical best to present to your ex when you speak face to face. Even though you may be at a disadvantage mentally by fixating on the reasons why your ex wanted to break up you need to resist imagined reasons and figure out the tangible issues.

If you mire your thoughts down with depressing concerns you will not make any positive steps in the right direction. Let your friends and family help you through your struggles. Try to keep your social calendar active. Surround yourself with positive people who lift you up and encourage you.

You'll find as the days go on you are able to be more rational in your thinking and will be able to see how your relationship can be bought back to life. Don't place all the blame on yourself as you both probably need to make some healthy changes otherwise there would not have been a cause to break up in the first place. Now is the time for honest reflection as you figure out the steps to win your ex back. Be willing to apologize for anything you have done to cause the breakup.

Once you have acknowledged your role you then need to start working on changing those behaviors. It won't be easy but with a little time and effort you will be able to win your ex back and keep them this time around.

Let me show you something that helped me get my ex back within days. I have a set of Hardcore field-tested techniques which are guaranteed to bring your ex lover back no matter how hopeless your situation might be. This is an absolute must read for you, visit: Ex Back Guide

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