Break up hangovers – what to do and what not to do after the break up

When relationships break up, people get hangovers. In terms of drinking, hangovers are a reminder that drinking too much is a pain in the ass when you wake up. In terms of relationships however, hangovers are a reminder of what to do and what not to do in relationships after a break up occurs.

A relationship always has its ways of letting us do a better job at self evaluation. Sometimes even a relationship that has lasted for a very long time is most likely to fail. For the worst part of an ending relationship, like after a night of heavy drinking, we get hung over. Why? As the wounds of a broken relationship are still fresh, almost everything that will remind you of that relationship will be like alcohol on an open wound. More often than not, the first thing that comes to our minds after every break up is the question “can I get my ex back?”. Chances are, going back to your ex is dependent on the circumstance and reason on why you broke up in the first place; however this is not something that you’d want to dwell upon for the first few days of your break up.

What to do:

1.) Recover – take time to recover from your break up and enjoy the life of single blessedness for the time being. Go out with your friends, indulge yourself with work, or whatever it takes for you to recover.

What not to do:
1.) Moping – moping around won’t do you any good. You’ll never be able to get over the past if you keep on thinking about it. What’s done is done.

2.) Dating – dating other people is not a good idea when the break up is still fresh, because you are not at your 100% performance level when you are still wounded. Just take a look at a soldier. You can’t expect him to survive in battle with a bullet in his leg. More or less, this will be your situation.

These are just some of the important things to do and avoid after a break up. Of course, we all have our own ways of dealing with the break up.