Breakup Tip of the Week: Celebrate Your Slump!

Submitted by Lisa Steadman on April 14, 2008 - 8:20 am

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After a breakup, it’s only natural to feel a roller coaster of emotions. The ups, the downs, the seriously downs, the lower than lows, the 10 million layers below rock bottom, etc.

Sound familiar?

The only way to get through all this pain and anguish is to celebrate your slump. Wallow. Cry. Engage in emotional eating. Curse your ex for days on end! The point is to get it all out.

Whether your slump lasts a day, week, month, or six months is okay. Everyone’s threshold is different. And everyone celebrates their slump a little differently. Some cry on the couch and watch sad movies. Others engage in a little retail therapy. Others recruit their Boo-Hoo Crew and get away from it all with a girl (or guy) getaway. Only you will know how to accurately celebrate your slump. There is no right or wrong way –as long as you’re not harming yourself or others.

For more details about the slump, read chapter 2 of my book It’s a Breakup Not a Breakdown.

And feel free to report your progress here.

Good luck and happy healing!