How can I heal now?
(M29, first real relationship)
I broke up with my ex-girlfriend almost four months ago, after two years of relationship, at the end of Christmas holidays that have shattered us into a thousand pieces. Given that our mental health was already quite precarious, there were further arguments that led to a couple of psychotic episodes for her and a depressive phase for me.
Within a month or so, I left her, the city where I spent the last 8 years and finished (it is not known how) my studies with the qualifying exam. From this epochal crisis. I'm trying to rationalize the end of this relationship as much as possible, through the psychotherapy I've been doing almost weekly for three years, but I'm still completely addicted to it.
I've done everything they recommend when you break up with someone, but I think I'm getting into really obsessive loops that are devastating my day-to-day life. Plus I saw her on Hinge recently, and this thing hit the final blow. I believe that the moment of extreme “suspension” I'm experiencing brings with it a lot of insecurities and an inherent identity crisis, but even though I was aware of the reasons for closing down and the feelings I still had for her when I decided to end the relationship, I didn't expect it would destroy me in this way. Help!