spax said:
Sorry...I was fine for the first 40 days. Ignorant bliss I suppose. Now that I know she is around.....its freaking me out.
Because it's still fresh with you. It took me a good 3 months after a 5 year LTR to calm my ass down on the whole, "what if" or "she did this" ordeal. It is hard to get out of this state and this is why NC is so very important. She's in the same town, cool, should that matter? Not one bit. What should be a concern is why haven't you worked on you yet? Sit down and really think on what happened and believe me, it will suck and it will hurt, but it makes you stronger and you need this strength.
Think on it, if she came back today, would things change? No, you'd still be the same mess you are now and she'd end up leaving anyway when the next best thing comes if you don't fit her needs at the time.
Your job is to worry about yourself and to become the man you want to become, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT WOMEN. That will come when you take care of you, ones that will make an effort to be with you and not do what your ex did, which is pretty ****ty by the way just up and leaving.
And you'll think: what if I don't find anyone else like her.
I'll tell you something, I thought the same.
Oh my ex loved me like that...
Oh my ex had a sexy body...
Her butt/chest was nice, hair, etc etc
That's until I started to see what kinda person I've become.
My ex had a nice body, women with nicer bodies came to me
My ex thought she was intelligent, women that are intelligent and degreed come to me.
My ex thought I'd never do anything with my degree, I got a job in my field of study when she left.
My ex gave me subpar sex that I miss, I've met women that blew my ****ing mind in every shape and form
My ex was loving to me but wasn't there for the bad times, women find me as a treasure that they never want to let go of.
I was a fat, lazy, 288lb guy that just graduated and was working a dead end job, soon as she left me, I got a job to start off my career, I lost 60lbs, buff, make more money. Etc.
I ask myself to this day if I ever start to miss my ex, "would I be in this position if my ex was with me?"
No.
You need to stop thinking about her and think about you or you will miss out on the finer things in life. There are TONS of women out there waiting to meet a nice guy like you, go and meet them.