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Saying Goodbye Is Never Easy

Moving on is the hardest part, but everything you are feeling is valid.

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Saying Goodbye Is Never Easy

When you choose to say goodbye to someone whether that be a relationship, a friendship, or even family after it happens, many emotions can arise. All of these feelings though are valid and during this time of learning how to live life without them, express how you feel can be very beneficial for you moving on. If you keep everything inside, it can make the moving on process that much harder. Find your positive outlet, and whenever you start to feel sad or angry, use it until you feel better. During this time also know that you are not alone and not the only person feeling this way. People have to make the hard choice to say goodbye to someone important in their life all the time and can relate to how you are feeling.

Any type of goodbye to hard, but when it is to someone important in your life you may feel angry or sad after. Different type of situations reveals different types of emotions for people. At the end of the day, you need to stop and look at why you let this person go because there is always a reason why. Sometimes it is because you simply are going in different directions in life, it can be a toxic relationship, there was miscommunication, etc. All of these reasons are valid, but that does not mean that afterward, you are going to feel perfectly fine, because chances are that will not happen. Let yourself feel through so that way you can heal. During this time you need to try to not let how you feel take over and control your life. When you feel angry, whether that is at yourself or them, don't let the anger take over how you go about your day. If you end up feeling sad, don't lock yourself away in your room alone, this can make you feel worse, find something you can do, or find people that make you feel like you are important.

This process is never easy, and no one should make you feel like you are wrong for having emotions. If they do, then you need to remove yourself from them. During this process find things that make you happy and try not to find a way to replace these people in your life. If you said goodbye to a friend, don't go out and try to find a new friend to replace them. If you got out of a relationship, give yourself time to heal instead of finding a rebound. If you said goodbye to a family member don't go searching for them in someone else. Give yourself time to heal, because trying to fill the emptiness inside of you, is going to cause more harm than good.

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