I broke up with my ex around 8 months ago… But suddenly that started being a very painful topic for me to even think of. Is that normal?

[Anonymous]

We broke up due to being unable to agree on some important life matters. It’s been 8 months. I am seeing someone casually now for a while but recently the whole breakup started getting to me more than it did at the beginning. I don’t know why is that. I really feel bad about it lately. I can’t understand why. I am usually so over every relationship as soon as it ends. Why did this hit me so late after the break up?

[SecretsofKB]

I had something similar with my last relationship. We broke up and I went about my life. Few months later is when it really hit.

I'm not sure if it was the timing with the pandemic and the stress of it all but it hit me hard after those few months.