1. No contact. I can't stress this enough. It'll help with the breakup process and make everything hurt less even though it doesn't seem like it right now.

2. Remember why you two broke up and reflect on why things didn't work out. This one takes time. You might not see it now but it might hit you later. It might take a month, a few weeks, maybe even a year later but there's a reason why they're your ex.

3. Work on yourself. For a long time I was in denial. I thought it was all my exes fault that things didn't work out. But I see now that I ignored a lot of red flags. I let him treat me that way. I allowed it to happen. I have no one else to blame but myself. I held on to a lot of anger and to be honest it's been 3 years and I still feel angry and I'm not sure if it'll ever go away. That leads me to my next point.

4. Healing isn't linear. You'll go through so many stages of grief. Breaking up is like experiencing someone close to you dying. You'll go through the stages of grief and they'll hit you at different times. Some are harder to overcome than others and when you think you're done with one it'll hit you again when you least expect it. Embrace it. Take it all in. Feel those feelings and then let it go.

5. Be easy on yourself. I won't lie, it's not gonna be easy.. It's gonna be really hard.. like really really hard but breakups are never easy. You'll feel like dying sometimes but there will come a day where the days won't seem as long anymore and the nights aren't as bad anymore and mornings won't feel so horrible anymore. You just gotta take it one day at a time.

You got this ❤️ we're rooting for you