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7 Sound Reasons Not To Get Back With Your Ex

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We've all missed someone so much that we start to romanticize the past

It throws off your judgement and soon you're overwhelmed with just wanting to be with that person again

While people often say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, it instead allows feelings of being miserable and empty to grow instead

Before deciding to get back together with your ex, watch this video for reasons about why you shouldn't

After you've been separated from someone, There's a tendency to romanticize the past

Meaning that you focus only on the good things that happened and ignore all the bad

By blocking out all the reasons why you two didn't work out

You're recreating a false image of that person

You're remembering somebody who didn't really exist

When you remember only the good you no longer miss your ex and instead miss the idea of them

For example say you just broke up with "Person A." You start to miss them and think of all the good times you had together

Ignoring all the times you and "Person A" fought or argued

You focus so much on all the good things about person a that. You've created a whole new person. "Person B"

You don't really miss Person A because you miss Person B, who sadly is only an idea

Instead of blocking out the bad things that happened focus on them

So you can learn. Learn what personality traits you want to look for and what traits you want to stay away from.

Let yourself grow and move on

Breaking up is a drastic change and no one likes change. It's natural to crave familiarity

So we often go back to whatever. We just lost whether it was healthy or not

You aren't used to being alone or dealing with the loud thoughts in your head

You're used to having Person A to talk to, so not having them around is frustrating and leaves you with a sense of emptiness.


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