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The Dark Side Of Breakup Recovery
Don’t overwhelm yourself with breakup recovery and know that its whole point is to come to a place where you no longer need it.
I recently noticed two vile problems cooking up in the breakup space. First problem: many people trying to get past their breakup unnecessarily overwhelm themselves with recovery.
They wake at the asscrack of dawn to do hours of agonizing meditation, yoga, and visualization exercises. They keep three different journals, can’t keep out of the gym, and are obsessive about their dumb, cold plunges. They gulp down their green smoothies — even though they don’t like them — while listening to the next shitty self-help audiobook promising to change their life in 12 seconds or something.
Sometimes, you can even see these people hiring life coaches to help them, who are probably one of the biggest jokes of the 21st century. Other times, you can see them burning through their life savings on overhyped self-help seminars and coaching retreats.
If you can even relate to this in any possible way, you’ve got to fucking chill.
I know you want to get past your breakup. I’m well aware you want to be happier. I understand you want to squeeze out all your juicy potential. I applaud you for your…
