Originally Posted by
Coco
That's really great that you were able to do that in YOUR situation with your ex husband. The first time I broke up with him it was kind of easy to enforce the no contact rule. I didn't have contact with him for a couple of months...I honestly believed he had changed... I broke the no contact rule... I felt like I owed him that much as a friend even though he didn't show his appreciation... I know I did the right thing. I don' feel an obsession. I love him, I really do. I keep dwelling on the past, reliving the past and thinking about what could have been and what should not have happened. I'm just having trouble accepting that it's over.
A million excuses but you miss the obvious. My situation is different from yours because where you broke the no-contact-rule... at least twice... I didn't. Where you felt he had changed, in my situation I knew my ex hadn't. Where you felt you had owed, I felt no such feelings. Amazing what some subtle differences can make -- differences that can be implemented right now.
Obsession typically involves dwelling on the past, reliving the past, thinking about what if's, and having trouble accepting that it's over.
"The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong."
- James Allen