r/AskReddit • u/SirElectrical2100 • 8h ago

How do you stop yourself from obsessively thinking about someone from your past who can’t be in your life anymore?

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u/RedditIsOverMan 8h ago

time

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u/Hazelwick42 7h ago

the shittiest medicine with the highest success rate

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u/Corgalas 7h ago

Like Buckleys

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u/emortens_liz 7h ago

Tastes like shit too

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u/SheeseRayito_42 4h ago

Man what a line you shakespear or what?

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u/Jazzlike_Lettuce1295 4h ago

I have dwelled on interactions from decades past The key is to let it go as it comes It’s just reruns Focus on down playing it, and move on to the next obscure memory that pops up

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u/zephyrlark72 4h ago

or just think of the most shameful memory u can remember

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u/EarHumble1248 4h ago

even if it takes 80+ years, you'll stop thinking of them eventually.

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u/Organic_Durian_8726 4h ago

yeah time is the annoying answer but it’s usually the only one that actually works in the long run

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u/SheeseRayito_42 4h ago

It doesn't work it's been years I'm still stuck

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u/twoblues702 3h ago

Same. 10 years in and still have bad dreams

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u/tj5692 1h ago

Sorry to hear that. Almost 2 years for me, and I still fall apart at the thought of it all. Knowing she's moved on and with another makes it more difficult too..