How I’m Managing Painful Memories Of Lost Love

The body and mind are trying to help me heal

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Getting over someone you care for is hard.

I’ve never been one to get over people with ease. I hold on to memories, and grief follows me through my day intrusively.

I read somewhere that that is what grief truly is: Loss that infiltrates the mundane of our everyday day, turning otherwise neutral objects, sounds, tastes, and smells into reminders of loss.

In my past, memories of lost love would haunt me. I disliked having them and would actively resist their presence in my mind.

I didn’t want to be reminded of the past, and I definitely didn’t want to re-experience the grief, either.

So long as I avoided the memories, I could avoid feeling — or so I thought.

Today we’re talking about lost love and how we can look at the intrusive memories as a guide, rather than a curse.

Suppression & The Significance of Uncomfortable Memories and Bad Dreams

I’ve found that when I push grief away it makes its presence known in other ways.

Over the past year, I’ve noticed I’ve been having more anxiety dreams and dreams laced with grief.