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Feeling depressed after a break up? 5 Surprising Reasons Why.
Are you feeling depressed after a break up? Are you totally miserable and wondering why?
Feeling depressed after a break up is totally natural. While it’s not surprising that you are devastated because your heart has been damaged, there are other, sometimes surprising, reasons why you are feeling depressed and those reasons might be easier to manage if you have some awareness about them.
Here are 5 surprising reasons you might be feeling depressed after a break up.
#1 — Fear.
When we are going through the pain of a break up we are experiencing fear in many forms.
We are afraid that we will be forever alone, that no one will ever love us again. We are afraid that we are unlovable. We are afraid that we are flawed. We are afraid that we will never be happy. We are afraid that our dreams of marriage and a family will never come true.
These fears are certainly understandable but, fortunately, they are mostly like completely unfounded even if they feel really true to you in this moment.
I have never yet met someone who broke up with someone and never found another person to love. There are millions of people out there and at least one more of them is out there waiting for you.