Detachment - My Achilles heel. I am trying my rear off to accomplish this, and its SO HARD.
GAL - Not as much of a challenge. I have been GALing for some months now and it is a huge help.
I literally MEDITATE on detachment on a daily basis and it isn't helping. I am confident that if her and i were interacting i would be able to keep my cool unlike in the past. I feel like id be in control and handle the situation well. Its the internal struggle that challenges me, i live in my own head, with the exponentially growing crowd of What If's and other useless speculative crap.
I feel like im going to burn through my own skin with rage. I tell my boss (who has been hugely understanding of this whole mess) that i need to go "Cool the Lava" when im feeling angry about all this at more, and i go out in the warehouse and do pull ups.
Moral of the story; Everyone preaches "Detach" "become indifferent", "let go" or "forget about her" Id love to. Here the $1,000,000,000 question. HOW?!
I've been literally trying to TRAIN MY BRAIN to leave her out of it. I admittedly don't MISS her or PINE for her like i had been, and i have a full conscious understanding that what we had was likely false, and is dead and gone. The woman I married doesn't exist. Its the loss of what i THOUGHT i would have for the rest of my life, the feelings i THOUGHT we shared, that I cant seem to let go of.
So many people have told me "this is a blessing disguise., you are young, soon this wont even matter to you" i wish i could believe that. Because of how young we are i feel like i just lost more. All the t
M: 35, EX-W: 3, S:4 All Divorce Proceedings Complete - Oct 18 ----------------------------------------------------- 2nd EX - Was Engaged - Diagnosed BPD 2 Major breakups. 2 Rebounds