Reply #20: Keep busy, busy , busy. Do you run?

[Southsideirish]

If not you might want to start - just go slow and easy to begin.
Keep your mind occupied on other things - tell yourself "I'll think about her in a week" and put her out of your mind for the present. If you can't control your thoughts they can really mess you up. Delay worry and negative thoughts - tell yourself - I'll do it later - and make a date - at 7 PM Tuesday, etc.
Keep active and go to bed exhausted - get right up in the morning and go, go , go! Do this until you put some time under your belt - then after the initial rawness of emotion is over you can sit back and reflect and make plans for what's coming up, you deserve a treat!
I had a friend who I liked a lot and after a while I noticed that telling a lie didn't phase her in the slightest. I still "forgave" her as she was so charming and so much fun to be with but eventually I got disenchanted with her constant dis-ingenuousness - I began to doubt almost everything she told me - what the hell kind of relationship is that?