You are listening to How to Get Over Your Ex, episode number 191, how to get up and get ready for the day after your breakup.

Welcome to How to Get Over Your Ex, a podcast on getting over your ex without it just taking time.

I'm your host, breakup coach Dorothy.

Let's turn your pain into power and your heartbreak into happy.

Hello, beautiful brave hearts.

How are you doing today?

I am very excited to talk with you all about getting up, getting ready. This was actually an episode request from a braveheart inside of

the Get Over-X program. I've been, you know, asking that what topics they would love a whole

episode dedicated to and picking from there and that list and it's been a lot of fun.

So this episode is actually very near and dear to my heart because if y'all have been around

for a little bit, you've probably heard me talk about this, but I really know what it feels like

to feel like you're waking up to a nightmare, feeling like,

you know, post breakup, especially when you were the one that didn't choose it or you felt

forced to break up with someone, feeling like this is happening to you. And it's an interesting

experience of like the only sense of peace you have is when you're sleeping.

And then when you're sleeping, you're most likely dreaming about your ex.

And maybe even in your dreams, your life feels a little bit normal again.

And things feel fine when you're sleeping.

But then all of a sudden you wake up and you're thrusted out of your dream state

and into this reality that

you didn't choose, that doesn't include your ex. And it feels really difficult because it feels

like you wake up into a nightmare and you want your dream life to be your real life and

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