Ep. 144 - My ex wasn't who I thought they were
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Do you feel like your ex isn't who you thought they were? Maybe they said they wanted children and to get married and now after years of dating they no longer want that. Or maybe they've had a hidden life the entire time you've dated. Either way - being stuck on how he wasn't who you thought he was is super frustrating.
In today's episode:
- Learn why we get super fixated on who our ex was or wasn't after a breakup
- Understand what we can do about it
- Become who you want to be regardless of who your ex is
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex episode number 144. My ex wasn't who I thought they were. |
| 0:06.2 | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting |
| 0:19.4 | over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:22.2 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:24.4 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. |
| 0:30.5 | Hello, my beautiful Brave Hearts. |
| 0:32.7 | How is everyone doing today? |
| 0:35.2 | I love you guys so much. |
| 0:37.3 | So I was in the five day breakup boot camp and |
| 0:41.0 | someone had mentioned that their ex wasn't who she thought he was, which was causing her a lot |
| 0:48.3 | of disappointment. Anyone else resonate? Can we raise hands? Anyone else resonate with that? Like your |
| 0:52.8 | ex isn't who you thought he was going to be? |
| 0:56.5 | Now, I want you to look at this and how it plays out in your life. So a circumstance is a human stated, I'm too afraid of commitment and of getting married. |
| 1:08.6 | After they had already told us, right, that they wanted commitment, that they wanted to get |
| 1:14.3 | married. |
| 1:16.5 | So your thought about those neutral words, because circumstances in our life are neutral, |
| 1:24.2 | those are the things that we cannot control. |
| 1:27.5 | The optional sentence you tell yourself is he wasn't who I thought he was, |
| 1:32.3 | which makes you feel disappointed, right? |
| 1:34.8 | And then we feel disappointed. |
| 1:35.8 | We're like, are you kidding me? |
| 1:37.8 | He is totally not who he said he was going to be. |
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