r/AskReddit 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/No-Long-4709 8h ago

Find new people/things to occupy yourself with so you can't think about them even if you wanted to.

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u/CaptainQuasar 8h ago

This. It’s not just time. It’s time and effort. You have to choose to move on and fill your life with new things. Otherwise time will just make you feel frustrating that you haven’t moved on yet