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How to Stop Being Obsessed With Someone
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items Obsessing over someone? Yeah, we’ve all been there—checking their social media like a full-time job, reading old messages like they’re sacred texts, and convincing yourself they’ll realize you're their soulmate. But this isn’t love, it’s unpaid emoti...
Silence the universe and, more importantly, that sad playlist you keep replaying.😁 This let you pretend the world—and your ex-crush—don’t exist. Sometimes, the best way to heal is to drown out your thoughts. Plus, now you have an excuse to ignore pe...
Noise Cancelling Headphones
Out of sight, out of mind. Or at least, out of easy reach when loneliness hits at 2 a.m.😁
Delete Their Number and Pretend You Lost Your Phone
Now, every time you call its name, you’ll remember they were just as emotionally available as a fish. Also, goldfish don’t ghost people. 😁 anyway, having a new responsibility keeps you busy, and watching a fish swim in circles is less exhausting tha...
Buy a Goldfish and Name It After Them
Turn your heartbreak into fitness. Kickboxing = free therapy but with more sweat. Every punch is a metaphor for knocking that person out of your head. Also, you get abs. Win-win.😂
Join a Kickboxing Class
Your hair didn’t do anything wrong, but a fresh cut can trick your brain into thinking you’re a brand-new person. Bonus points if it’s dramatic. If they see you with a glow-up, they’ll regret ever ignoring you. Even if they don’t, at least you’ll loo...
Get a New Hairstyle
Unlike them, your plant will actually need you. And at least it won’t break your heart.😁Learning to care for something that isn’t emotionally unavailable is a good life skill. Plus, talking to plants is less embarrassing than texting your ex.
Buy a Plant and Keep It Alive
Self-control is a myth. Seeing that before you hit send might just save your dignity. Drunk you won’t listen to logic, but they might listen to a screaming all-caps warning.😁
Change Their Contact Name to “DO NOT TEXT”
Nothing says “moving on” like running away for a while. Even if it’s just a road trip to the next town. A change of scenery helps reset your brain, and you can’t stalk their social media if you have no signal.😛
Book a Spontaneous Trip Somewhere—Anywhere
Because sad people eat vanilla, but healed people eat salted caramel swirl with confidence. Food is not love, but it’s close enough.😁
Buy Fancy Ice Cream and Eat It Without Crying
If you’re busy trying not to fall on your face, you’re too busy to text them. Bonus: You might go viral.😁 Nothing heals a broken heart like embarrassing yourself on the internet for fun instead of over someone who doesn’t care.
Learn a New Dance on TikTok
By page five, you’ll wonder why you ever liked them. By page ten, you’ll cringe at yourself. Sometimes, your brain needs receipts to remember the truth.
Get a Journal and Write Down All the Reasons They Weren’t That Great
Scream-singing "I Will Survive" is legally required for all heartbroken people. Loud music, zero judgment, —what’s not to love?
Sing a Power Ballad
A WWII pilot survives a plane crash, shark-infested waters, and a brutal POW camp. Your ex just left you on read.
Read a Book About Bigger Problems
If you can’t see their posts, you can’t misinterpret them as secret love messages meant for you. Your brain needs a break from overthinking.
Take a Social Media Detox
Imagine texting someone new, but now you’re doing it in French. Way more fun. New skills > old obsessions.
Download a Language App and Learn to Flirt in a New Language
If laughter is the best medicine, then stand-up comedy is a whole pharmacy. Heartbreak sucks, but at least you’ll get abs from laughing.😛
Go to a Comedy Show and Laugh Until You Forget Their Name
Scent triggers memory, so let’s replace their scent with vanilla, ocean breeze, or "New Me Energy." A fresh-smelling house means a fresh-smelling mindset.
Buy a Candle That Smells Better Than They Ever Did
Dogs, cats, even a hamster—because unconditional love is real, and it comes with fur. If they won’t text you back, at least your pet will.
Adopt a Pet (That Can’t Ghost You)
Art makes everything feel deeper, including your dramatic moving-on phase. Bonus points if you post a mysterious caption like, “Healing is an art.”
Go to a Museum and Pretend to Be Super Intellectual
Cathartic, symbolic, slightly unhinged—but effective. Because texting them isn’t an option, and fire is fun.
Write a Letter to Them, Then Burn It Like a Dramatic Movie Scene
Nothing like a good mystery to make you forget your love life drama. Plus, you might pick up some legal ways to deal with betrayal. Seeing actual life problems makes you realize your situation isn’t that deep. Also, it keeps you too busy to stalk the...
Binge-watch a crime documentary
Breathe in peace, breathe out nonsense. Flexibility might help you move on faster. Inner peace is sexier than desperate texts.
Try yoga or meditation
If they were the last straw, maybe the haystack needs to rest. Focus on yourself first. Jumping into something new while healing is like running with a broken leg. Also, your love life is not a speedrun challenge.
Take a break from dating
Instead of texting them, punch your feelings out. It’s cheaper than therapy and burns calories too. Noting says “I’m moving on” like throwing a solid right hook at a fake opponent. It’s way better than doom-scrolling their profile for the 100th time.
Buy a Punching Bag
Because heartbreak calories don’t count. Bonus points if you eat it with a spoon straight from the box😁 Emotional eating is a temporary cure, and honestly, cake never ghosted you. Just don’t make this a habit unless you want to be obsessed with a ne...
Eat an entire cake
Change your surroundings so it doesn’t remind you of them. If necessary, burn the pillow you cried on. A fresh environment equals a fresh mindset. Plus, throwing out old stuff is a small act of revenge that feels amazing.
Redecorate your space
Holding a teacup like you have secrets is an instant confidence boost. Bonus points for dramatic sips. Tea is calming, and pretending you’re a rich, mysterious character is a fun distraction. Also, villains never chase—they make others chase them.😃
Drink Fancy Tea Like a Rich Villain
Crying from spice is way better than crying over them. Plus, it burns your taste buds and your past feelings. This helps because the pain from spicy food will distract you from the emotional pain. Also, if they ever text you again, you’ll be too busy...
Eat Spicy Food
You need one that doesn’t remind you of the one they slept on. Also, fresh pillows are proven to be fluffier than your past delusions.
Get a New Pillow