I was head over heels in love with this person for years then they dropped the bomb that they wanted to break up. I was devastated.

It was intense pain and sadness for a few weeks, then depression, then numb. For a long time I couldn’t get them out of my mind, I wrote (but never sent) many emails to them about how I hurt. That kinda helped. I started to reach out to some of my friends and would do things with them. That kinda helped. I started a few new hobbies. That kinda helped. I started dating again. That kinda helped.

By the time I was doing all of that about a year had passed. I still thought of them, and I still do to this day (6 years later) but the sting and pain of that day is gone. I’ve been through a few break ups since then and I think I’ve taken them better because of the end of that relationship.

All that to say, you will heal - you may never forget them but the pain will go away.