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How to Use Journaling After a Breakup
A healing strategy at your fingertips.
Breaking up is hard to do.
Even if you instigated the breakup, it is a painful process. The longer you have been together, the worse it is.
Going through a breakup is (almost) like grieving the death of a loved one. You will go through the phases of grief — shock, denial, anger and pain, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
And it isn’t a linear progression either — you will bounce back and forth between these stages. Just when you think you are over the pain, a memory will come crashing back in and send you into sadness again.
Getting over a breakup takes work.
It is a mistake to jump right into another relationship, as these emotions are within you and if you don’t deal with them, they will rear their ugly heads again, often worse. Bringing that kind of baggage to a new relationship is always a bad idea.
Part of the healing process of letting go of a person, who at one time you were in love with and spent a considerable amount of time with, is to express and delve into these differing emotions.
An excellent way to do this is to start (or continue) journaling every day.
