breakups

When it comes to breakups, pain is inevitable, but Humans thinks that suffering is optional.

Patience
She started smoking the day he left, nearly thirty years ago. She didn’t think about why it was just something to do when he walked away. She sat at the window, hoping, peering, and smoking. One cigarette lit from the other, smoke dragged deep into her lungs, and everyone said that was a bad thing to do, but she still smoked, and most of them had passed away. She kept her hand outside to let the smoke drift up into the clouds and thought of it as a signal, a beacon that he could follow home. The ash burned close to her fingers and many times had scarred her fingers, so there was little pain left. The pain was all in her heart.
By Ed N. White4 years ago in Humans
Broken, but Hopeful
I can tell you that it gets better. Not right away though. Time does heal all wounds, but you have to give time...time. This is the part that is not always easy because you are more than likely still stuck in your head. Replaying every aspect of the relationship, did I miss something? Why did I stay so long when it was falling apart? What could I have done differently?
By Analicia Monique Spivey4 years ago in Humans
Eight: What Could Have Been.
It could have been eight years today. It should have been. Circumstances didn't permit it, and now you're gone, and I'm alone. I've been wallowing in my own self-pity since the last time you closed my car door.
By Frank Shaw4 years ago in Humans
How to Get Over a Breakup Fast According to Psychology
Breakups are always tough. It doesn't matter if it ends on good terms or with someone ugly crying all night. That's me. I'm someone.
By Mindsmatter.4 years ago in Humans
This Is What My Husband's Friend Said to Him After our Marriage
We’ve been married for almost 2 years now but have known each other since 4. And I must tell you, the 2 years I’ve known him from far were entirely different. However, living with a person is just another journey of ‘getting to know each other on a different level’.
By Vanessa Harmon4 years ago in Humans
Why Do We Behave Like The Narcissist After They Discard Us
Reactive aggression refers to aggressive behaviour in response to real or perceived threat, provocation or frustration, and is typically impulsive, immediate, and directed toward the perceived perpetrator (Berkowitz, 1993). - tandfonline.com
By Frederick Emerson4 years ago in Humans
You're Not Suppose To Be Happy
This is the insanity that goes on in the mind of a narc when you ACCEPT their discard! I know it can be challenging to just accept all the nonsense they put you through.
By Frederick Emerson4 years ago in Humans
5 Steps To Deal With Heartbreak
If you're reading this then you're probably in the exact same place I am. You're going through a break-up, you're crying on the regular and everything reminds you of them. All. The. Time.
By Leigh Hooper4 years ago in Humans
Let's Breakdown the Stages of A Breakup, Shall We?
Even in the worst relationship, there is always one person who initiates the breakup. That person has had it enough and they want out. Regardless of how long you spent with this person and how they treated you, the one who initiates the breakup is the Dumper, and the other one left confused is called the Dumpee. It is like you could have been husband and wife, but sometimes life sucks, so you became dumper and dumpee.
By Miss A.4 years ago in Humans
I need some space.
This isn’t an article about what to do when your partner says they need some space. In this situation, there is only one thing to be said. ‘Okay, I understand.’ You keep it cool, calm and collected. You can read all about, how you should handle it like a pro on the internet. They’ll all tell you to be understanding and take this time as an opportunity to be with yourself.
By Miss A.4 years ago in Humans
Escape You
I don't know where to begin. I am speechless on a deep level, terrified to say the truth. But this has never stopped me before. I do not love another. I just want to be alone. I don't know where to begin, if I should, but something fears the silence in me, like a primal instinct driving me from a predator.
By Willow Rakiah Creager 4 years ago in Humans
Narcissistic People Are Parasites
The title above “Narcissistic People Are Parasites” is not meant to be a verbal insult against narcissists. But instead an objective observational comment. Narcissists are in every sense of the word what you would call…a parasite. And empaths are the hosts.
By Frederick Emerson4 years ago in Humans