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Reader Stories: How I Got Over A Break Up

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People can be miserable after a break up, in need of support and help to feel better again. So why not share how you coped with a bad break up, so that others can learn from your experience?

Share Your Break Up Story

Becky Shares How She Coped After A Breakup

I was a huge mess the first week. I had found out that he had slept with a hand-full of girls when we split and it was devastating to me. I felt sick everyday and slept a lot of the time because I co…More

How Thabiso Coped With A Breakup

I have not been feeling very well... I guess its because its still a new thing. I can't stop crying, and I'm afraid to tell my friends because they might laugh at me behind my back. The thing its he …More

How A Reader Is Coping After Her Breakup

I cried of course, not to him on the phone, but when I got off. I cried for the next 3 days. My friends came over to comfort me. I went out a lot over the next few weeks, joined a salsa class etc. Ke…More

Jen Shares How She Coped After A Breakup

He attempted to reach out to me a few times but I brushed him off. Then four months after we broke up, he sent me an email to inform me he recently became engaged....yes ENGAGED. Although I had cut h…More

How I Coped After A Break Up? I'm Still Coping

I tried to tell her I didn't mean it like that.She, crying, asked me to stay friends with her.We've talked some since then, but she always cries and stops talking if I bring that afternoon up.I... am…More

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