Five Things to Never Do After a Breakup

There is no doubt that breaking up is a difficult process and unfortunately, some lose perspective and do things they normally wouldn't. Keeping your mind straight may help you to get through it quicker. You may be tempted to do certain things after a break up but digging up all your willpower and stopping yourself can be much more beneficial.

Don't Stalk Social Networking Sites

With so many social networking sites, chances are your ex has a profile on one of them and you have access to view it. Block every way possible for you to view the page even if that means defriending him or her on Facebook. Viewing statuses of amazing parties, seeing pictures of your ex posing with random new people or reading anything that describes the least bit of happiness or fun can drive you crazy and cause you to question yourself on how he or she can be happy when you're miserable. Just remember, people can easily fake happiness when it's online, but that still doesn't mean you have to view it.

Avoid Mutual Hangouts

A friend of mine and her boyfriend broke up and divvied up the locations that they used to go to- everything from bars to supermarkets. While this may sound strange, it worked but they actually talked in order to do it. Other couples aren't so lucky; they break up then one day walk into a bar and there's the ex sitting on a bar stool. If you don't have the luxury of divvying up the locations, skip going to them altogether. It may not be fair, but it could save you from heartache. Besides, it will give you a chance to go to new places and meet new people.

Don't Bad Mouth

It's tempting to bad mouth your ex there's no doubt. You may be angry and you're upset, so you want to vent to everyone from your mother to the clerk at the convenience store. Save your breath; it could actually do you some good to limit talking about it. Instead, confide in a couple of close best friends that won't repeat anything you say just so you can get it out of your system. Speaking ill of your ex probably won't make you feel any better but the longer you keep telling your story and giving updates on the situation, the longer the heart break may continue.

Don't Stare at Past Communication

You may have texts, emails, love notes or various other forms of communication from your ex that you re-read over and over again. This won't do any good and can make you even more sad and want to pick up the phone to call. Hide everything and put it away; if you have texts or voicemails delete them and practice out of sight out of mind. If they're not in front of you, you may forget they're even there.

Don't Contact Your Ex

This is something that many people do after a breakup; sometimes it involves sending a drunken text message or sending an email that you kick yourself for in the morning. Help to prevent the situation by deleting the phone number out of your phone and the email address from your account. Unless you have kids and you have to contact the person or either one of you has stuff of the others, there really is no excuse to call just to catch up or say hi.