Ep. 16 - Overwhelming memories of your ex
How to Get Over Your Ex
Dorothy AB Johnson
4.7 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Memories are sentences in our brain ABOUT our past. Not everyone will have the same thoughts about the past but after a breakup those thoughts and feelings that come with the past can be overwhelming. Often times we feel at the effect of our emotions in that moment but I promise you, YOU have control.
In this episode:
- Why the overwhelming memories of him flood in
- How to cope with those thoughts and feelings in the moment
- What to do about the memories
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex, episode number 16, overwhelming memories of him. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy. |
| 0:25.6 | Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy. |
| 0:32.3 | Hello, Braveheart's. |
| 0:34.0 | If you're listening to this podcast episode, I am just guessing that you might be in the thick of it. |
| 0:40.9 | So I want you to know, I totally get it, and I've been there, and just know that you're not alone. |
| 0:46.6 | There are so many brave hearts in the world overcoming heartbreak, and I want to bring all of you together in one community. |
| 0:56.4 | So I'm going to be announcing something soon on Instagram. So if you don't hang out with me on Instagram, find me at |
| 1:00.9 | breakupcoach dorothy.com or not dot com at breakup coach Dorothy on Instagram. And let's become |
| 1:08.4 | friends and wait for this because I am just so excited to bring all of you |
| 1:12.4 | together. None of you are alone and heartbreak isn't easy. So let's do it together. Now, today |
| 1:19.9 | we are talking about memories. So memories of our ex, of our relationship, what used to be |
| 1:26.4 | and what once was. |
| 1:28.3 | And I don't know about you, but sometimes after breakup, all we can do is think of all the good |
| 1:33.9 | memories of our past relationship, right? |
| 1:37.0 | Like many of the things that once bothered us have really vanished from our minds, or |
| 1:41.5 | maybe they turned into like, it wasn't't that bad and a lot of times it happens |
| 1:47.1 | very overwhelmingly like we are sitting there and we see something that reminds us of him |
| 1:52.4 | and then we start to walk down that trail like we've all been there before right before we know it |
| 1:57.1 | we're like sobbing and totally consumed by our emotions and we have no idea how we got |
| 2:01.2 | here or how to get out of it and it's what i call a negative think feel act cycle so we think something |
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