Breaking up is never easy. Here are some tips to help you get through this very painful time. For more detailed information about surviving a break up, you may want to read my article, Break-ups: How To Survive Them

• Acknowledge the loss
  
• Let yourself feel your feelings
  
• Be with the pain
  
• Know that you are not alone
  
• Get help if you need it
  
• Give yourself time to heal
  
• Remember that the healing process has its progressions and regressions
  
• Breathe!
  
• Get lots of rest
  
• Stick to your schedule
  
• Keep decision-making to a minimum
  
• It's OK to go through the motions in slow motion
  
• It's OK to need comforting
  
• Seek the support of others
  
• Find ways to be touched and hugged
  
• Find others who have survived a similar loss
  
• Surround yourself with things that are alive
  
• Know that Sundays are the worst
  
• Earlier losses may surface
  
• Be gentle with yourself
  
• Heal at your own pace
  
• It's OK to feel afraid, depressed, angry, guilty, or anything else that you feel
  
• Feed yourself nutrious food
  
• Remember, you're vulnerable
  
• Pamper yourself
  
• Keep a journal
  
• Let yourself heal fully
  
• Affirm yourself
  
• Laugh!
  
• Let go of the loss
  
• Praise yourself for having the courage to relate
  
• Start anew
  
• Invite new people into your life
  
• Develop new interests, and reconnect with your old ones
  
• Connect with old friends