1. Your heart hurts for the woman that you are right now, begging for somebody to stay in her life who was terrible to her.
2. People in love often see what they want to see. You didn’t believe that love was blind until you thought about all the red flags you ignored, the nonsense you put up with, the times your gut was right and they said you were just being crazy.
3. It’s okay to miss someone and not want them back.
4. It’s okay to keep the beautiful memories in mind. But they do not diminish the bad, painful ones.
5. It is possible to have too much trust in people.
6. You can cry. And you can give yourself time while doing so. It’ll feel a tad better once you actually accept that this is something you will have to wait out. There will come a point where there won’t be tears left to cry. That’s when you will be okay.
7. Sometimes it’s torture being in love. Sometimes, the people we love hurt us the most.
8. It’s possible to hate them and not hate them at all. In fact, sometimes you have to end things with the people you love most, even if you love them and care deeply about them. It doesn’t sound okay but it is. That’s life to you sometimes: You don’t necessarily need to have hateful feelings towards the person you have to let go of.
9. Don’t isolate yourself. DO NOT ISOLATE YOURSELF. Talk to your friends, seek the biggest hugs you can. Eat ice cream (or don’t and work out at the gym), watch the films you always put off. Buy that dress you like. Dye your hair. Learn that instrument. Go back to singing. Get back to writing. Set new priorities and focus on yourself.
10. It feels impossible to survive heartbreak. But it’s not.
11. Don’t give up on love.