The Main Reason Why You Can't I Get Over your Ex

It's a no-brainer that the deeper your feelings for someone go, the harder it will inevitably be if things don't work out or you break up for any reason

Similarly, the duration of your relationship (and linked to it the seriousness) also play a role in the depth of the feelings involved and the resulting hard break in an ending.

Another major contributor is the timing of your relationship:

• Was he / she your first love?
• Was he / she your "high school sweetheart"?
• Was he or she your longest relationship?

These things all set your ex apart from the rest and make it harder for you to let go often resulting in the feeling and sentiments of -

He / She was "THE ONE"... or "He / she is my SOUL MATE"

I think that this is more of a logical question to think about LOGICALLY.

According to statistics taken from WorldOMeters,

• There are about 7,455,595,280 people in the world.
• Approximately 361,263, 780 people in Northern America,
• And 324,758,680 people in the USA.

Looking at another Continent and country:

• There are about 7,455,595,280 people in the world.
• Approximately 63,432,561 people in Southern Africa,
• And 55,112, 344 people in the RSA (South Africa).

With this being stated, what are the chances that there is ONLY ONE person out there for you?

I think it actually seems more likely that there are MORE people out there BETTER suited for you then your Ex was!

That should put an end to the "The One" theory straight away.

You are holding onto your ex whether sub-consciously or knowingly and refusing to let him / her go.

You are telling yourself:

• They were the one
• You can't do any better
• You need them
• You were made for each other
• They were perfect

You are indirectly holding onto them so tightly that you are making it impossible for them to move out of your life and for you to go on without them.

You can't move forward from your ex because YOU REFUSE TO LET THEM GO!

Perfection does not exist. NO-ONE is perfect.

That alone should prove to you the flaws or invalidity of this statement.

The truth is, (and there's a quick and easy way to prove it) the more time passes after the break-up or since the last time you saw or spoke to your ex, the more "perfect" they are likely to become in your mind!

This can actually be demonstrated by the saying:

Absence makes the heart grow fonder...

This saying can't only be used to explain the feeling of missing someone when you don't see them that often or that much due to the distance BUT can also describe their absence from your life which in some weird way often results in a fake faultlessness of them.

I have seen this from my own past relationships where as time passes you seem to forget the bad and fixate on the good of the person. You forget some (if not all) of their flaws and think of the good:

• The good times you spent together
• The good things they did.
• The sweet things they said.

Even if these were far fewer than the bad, for some reason your head picks out the good making you miss your ex EVEN MORE and making it a hundred times harder to move on.

Like I said, there is a quick way to snap out of it.

1. Have a look through your inbox (social media, emails, IM, text, etc.)
2. Search for ALL your messages or texts from your ex.
3. You are going to delete these (if you haven't already) but first you need to read through ALL of them.
4. If you were a couple like most couples you should have at least a few texts or emails where you and your ex may have had a disagreement or he / she said something mean.
5. Read through your messages carefully and you will see that your partner was not "perfect".

Unfortunately if you don't have any of these you will have to try and dig back into your own memory honestly. Or chat to a close friend or relative who may be able to help by reminding you of some of the things.

The aim of this is to try and get you to remember some of the bad. Sometimes even focusing solely on the bad will help you move on a little more swiftly. Sometimes it's the only way to beat the false idea we get about our ex's perfections.

Try and remember the things you disliked about your ex.

As clear-cut as it may be, you are making the choice to imprison yourself in a reality where you are stuck on your ex and pining over him / her. Maybe even waiting for him / her to come back or hoping that they will.

The truth is, depending on how long you've been waiting and hoping and on your circumstances (I'm assuming you wouldn't be wanting to move on if you didn't in some way feel like you needed to or had reason to), you are stuck waiting and depressing yourself while your ex is moving on with his / her life and being happy.

You are making yourself miserable while he / she is enjoying life.

You alone can make the decision to let go!