I recommend some sort of physical activity at least every alternate day. You can do tons of things including. Even though every cell in your body wants to stay home alone and feel miserable for yourself, you have to force yourself to go out and have a good time with your friends and loved ones. Your friends will make you realize that you are still loved and wanted by them.
No matter what happens, you have your friends and family with you and that is something you should definitely appreciate. You are also encouraged to go out on a date during the no contact period. But going on dates is not for everyone. It often backfires if you are obsessing over your ex constantly. You find yourself comparing your date to your ex and it makes you miss your ex even more. Only spend time with your loved ones. Go on dates when you are feeling better and are not obsessed with getting your ex back.
The third important category of things you must do during this time is something relaxing. You are going through a hard time in your life and you are trying your best to cope with it. You can do a lot of things to relax; some examples are. As we saw in the study before, self-improvement is the key to keeping your ex after you get them back. To read more about how you should improve yourself, read this article.
There are few things that you need to avoid during the no contact period. This section is here as a warning sign because it is very easy to fall in this trap and just spend the entire no contact period without making any progress in your life. You have to understand that even if your ex starts to miss you during the no contact and they contact you, they will easily pick up on your neediness and the fact that you are obsessed about them.
And when they do, they will again lose their attraction. You have to use the no contact period to stop the addiction of your ex. And as mentioned before, the only way to do it is going cold turkey. Delete your ex from your Facebook or deactivate your account for a month. You are just replacing one addiction your ex with another.
No ex will take you back once you become an addict. Also, if you ever go out drinking with your friends, make sure you give the phone to your friends so as not to drunk dial your ex and make a fool of yourself. A lot of people try to keep themselves busy in an attempt to avoid any painful memories of the breakup. While it does help to some extent, you will eventually have to process the breakup and understand what happened.
A study done by the late Daniel M. Wegner, who was a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, suggests that suppressing your thoughts about a relationship that you still desire will only lead to those thoughts coming back at a later time with even more intensity. If you are unsure how to process your thoughts, consider getting therapy , learn meditation, or hiring a coach who can guide you.
If you are trying to become a better version of yourself during no contact, you should do it for yourself and not just for your ex. You should choose the self-improvement activities that you truly believe will help you become a better person and have healthier relationships.
Your end goal should be to heal from the breakup and become a person who is capable of having a healthy, loving and long lasting relationship. That relationship may or may not be with your ex. Once you start no contact with your ex, it helps to remind yourself occasionally that even though it is hard, it will be worth it because you are doing it for your own well-being and happiness. If you find yourself thinking a lot about getting your ex back or if you find yourself spending hours watching YouTube Videos about getting an ex back; remind yourself that your end goal is to have a healthy and happy relationship with or without your ex.
Remind yourself that you are doing no contact and working on becoming a better version of yourself for your own sake, not for your ex. In this section, we will explore some of the most frequently asked question about the No Contact Rule. It really depends on the type of breakup you had and how much desperate and needy you have been since the breakup. But I recommend a minimum of at least 21 days.
However, if you think your breakup was exceptionally bad then you can go to 60 days or even 90 days. Remember, time heals. One study , done by David A. Sbarra, PhD , who is a professor in the department of psychology in University of Arizona, suggests that there is a linear correlation between time and how much you heal from a breakup. The study explored how sadness and anger decreases over time after a breakup. This also correlates to the study done by Ex Back Permanently in which participants were asked what helped them most in healing from the breakup.
The top answer was time. Time helps you heal from the breakup. And as I explained earlier, the main objective of doing no contact is to heal from the breakup and regain your confidence. Even if you want your ex back, you should continue no contact until you feel you have healed from the breakup. The purpose of social media is to enrich our lives and help us connect with our loved ones. It may have grown into something else now.
Whatever social media you are using during breakup, ask yourself, is it enriching your life? Is it helping you heal from the breakup? Remember, no contact is not meant to manipulate your ex or play mind games by posting pics on Facebook, Instagram etc.
No contact is meant to help you heal and grow as a person so you can get your ex back in a healthy and long lasting relationship. If staying connected with your ex on social media is making you obsess over them according to this study , it probably will , stay away from social media or block your ex.
They are most likely doing it to get a reaction out of you. Continue focusing on yourself and healing from the breakup. I get a lot of people asking me if they broke the no contact rule by speaking to their ex. But in some cases, you may need to speak to your ex because of an event or incident. If you do end up contacting them, ask yourself the following questions to figure out if it counts as breaking no contact.
To figure out if a particular action breaks the no contact rule, you need to ask yourself these questions:. Suppose your ex contacts you on your birthday and you reply just saying thanks. But if in the same situation, you try to use this opportunity to speak to your ex and try to convince him or her to get back with you, you are acting desperate and needy and you just broke no contact.
You remove their curiosity and comfort them if they were worried that they had lost you because they broke up with you. It has got to be their idea to contact you and they have to be the one reaching out to you. You have to have that person chasing you and if you contact them, even if you wait 30 days, then you are causing similar feelings in them as the person who begs and pleads.
It puts them on a pedestal which in their mind subconsciously puts you down lower than them. It just becomes this feeling below their surface that they have toward you and it will push them away — AGAIN. It usually takes longer than 30 days of not contacting your ex but sometimes it can only be a couple of weeks.
It can take months for the no contact rule to make your ex miss you enough and doubt their decision enough that it will cause your ex to contact you during no contact. They need to get to that moment where they feel that they have lost you — that it might be too late to get you back and that they have blown it! This desperation is a result of you being different than the others, them being curious about you, missing you, thinking they messed up, and fearing that it might be too late to get you back.
These feelings need to not only build inside of them, but they need to percolate day after day, week after week, month after month. Their feelings need to pile and compound with you being the only relief in their mind so that they have to reach out.
You want your ex to miss you , right? The more they remember things you said, things you did together, notice your absence, and question their decision, the more these things collide and compound in their minds. It needs to be extreme in order for them to truly see and experience what breaking up with you really means.
My no contact period is almost over. Was that too late? Can I still get her back? He has no contact for 4 months already after sent me text to broke up with me I cryied every days and respect him so stop everything.
That all. I was confusing do not know what I want to do. Then 4 months that no contact and checking his FB profile he post gf with him and explained so romantic time so far. I was devastated and cried. Why he found girlfriend very fast just 4 mths we spent time together for 2 years. Does he go for good or no? Any comments would appreciate. Did a few things wrong. She fired me via text. She was aleady gone. About a month before official. I got very sick have a tumor removed.
I became weak and clingy. Just physically and mentally at my lowest. New guy in town no doubt. Good news is Tumor is gone bad news is so is she. She said she loves me. Because my ex still being here.
No contact. Started out on shaky ground. Even though my ex is A roommate. I fell so hard so fast. Im Not chasing anymore. Back to school finish up. Back to my great 32 yr Career. Back to improving everything about me for myself.
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Last updated on December 26, The no-contact rule will not help you get your ex back. It will suck. Your silence speaks so much louder than any words could. You will develop important emotional skills.
You will rediscover forgotten sources of happiness. You'll be able to define your nonnegotiable values. What are your values? What are your must-haves? Here are some of my personal favorites:. No contact will bring you back to reality.
No contact will make you stronger, faster. Monica Parikh. Monica Parikh is a former attorney turned dating coach currently residing in New York City.
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