Number 3: Allow yourself to process all of your emotions.
Emotions are a complicated and difficult part of breakups to discuss. What we mean is that it can be hard to exactly describe how you feel, especially if you don’t know exactly yourself. It is crucial for the process of healing to not put your feelings on the back burner. Many victims seem to do this often because they don’t want to bombard their friends or family with the emotions of their breakup. It is extremely important to get those feelings out. Whether it is writing, talking to a loved one who is willing to listen, or seeking professional help, it is always important to let these feelings out.
A great way to look at it is that you are finally in a situation where you can finally have the freedom to have as many feelings as you want, so it’s important to get all of those bottled-up ones released. Once you start to embrace all of the grief, anger, resentment, or happiness that is flowing through you, you can finally begin to fully get through your narcissistic abuse recovery. Processing these feelings sometimes can be hard to do; you may find yourself stuck in a loop, feeling resentment after going through grief and feeling broken, but waking up the next day and starting to grieve that relationship again. That is okay. It is extremely important to get those feelings out. It means you are trying to reach your goal of full recovery.
Number 4: Self-care.
This is usually an answer anyone will get when they ask, “What is the best way to heal from a breakup?” Well, that’s because it’s true. Practicing self-care and earning your self-love is an impactful, important method to heal narcissistic abuse and trauma. Many times, victims will try to distract themselves and find new things to do and put their well-being last. After going through a traumatic situation such as narcissistic and emotional abuse, you forget what it was like to love yourself because someone else told you that true love only came from them.
Some of the ways to practice self-care and self-love are doing things that make you feel at ease and releasing some of the serotonin that you kept in for so long. Doing these activities, even if that means a long, relaxing bubble bath, will be reminders of why you made the best decision of leaving. If your significant other always out down the things that you enjoyed, make sure to do those things and do them with happiness.
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