Ex blocked me. how do I stop feeling so sad and hurt?

[beebbirb]

my ex broke up with me two, almost three months ago now. we had issues communicating and we’re trying to work on things but eventually he said he no longer loved me and he felt unloved and that all of his efforts went to waste and gave up. he said a switch flipped and he didn’t care anymore. i begged and asked him to try and work on things but he said no. a week after the breakup we met up and he said his decision was final and there was no changing it. he told me he moved on and was talking to some girl he met online through video games. according to mutual friends, apparently they’re still a thing. they had plans to meet in person but i guess she flaked on him. that made me feel better in a selfish way but at the same time pathetic. someone i dated for almost five years gave up on me for a girl he has never met before. i feel like I've made progress - i no longer want to get him back and realize that i shouldn’t chase someone who doesn’t want me. he had unfollowed me on all social media, but i noticed recently he decided to block me on everything. why? and why do i feel so hurt by this? i can't even remember any of the good times i had with him, its like all of the bad memories and all of the hurtful words and actions are clouding my memory of him. how do i overcome this and stop hurting?

[Summeroflove]

Being hurt is normal and this is the grief stages the first was denial, this isn’t happening, I can fix this, and the list goes on. You just have to be careful not to go there again but it still hurts no breakup is easy. But you do need to be glad he didn’t cheat and/or just string you along. That happens a lot it's better to be honest and break up then do that.

There will come a time where you do find someone new or at least be at a place where you’re at peace with yourself. It’s very important to allow yourself to grieve. The denial, the depression, the anger, and eventually you’ll reach acceptance.

It is weird when someone randomly blocks you on social media after not contacting or bothering them. It does tell me in some way he's not over you and is trying to make it seem as if he has the upper hand.

Absolutely you’re right nobody should chase someone whose not into them it’s a waste of time. You’re just gonna have to allow yourself to grieve this as hard as the pain can be stuffing it down will only make it worse especially later on when something else happens.

I think maybe you’re starting to see him for who he really is, especially if he was amazing at first but as time went on he shown his true colors.

[ManOnFire]

Being blocked on everything by an ex out of nowhere way later on is actually not uncommon. They do it as either a way to finalize for themselves that they're done with you and want to close the door to the past, or to try to force themselves to forget about you, or maybe even to see if you'll notice so that it can get to you.

I understand how it hurts and the psychological pain it causes, making you think back to you and him. But you've been doing a good job in that you know you shouldn't want someone who doesn't want you back. Stay no contact. Keep doing what you're doing moving forward, even through the pain. That's how you will become stronger and move past it.

And if he ever tries to call or text you again, don't respond. You don't deserve to be yanked around like that. Leave the door closed on him like he did with you.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s just the finalization of it all. There were ties you were still keeping open to him, like being friends on certain platforms, not blocking his number, not cutting him off in general. All the healing and moving on was out of force on his end, and not want on yours. On top of all that, he keeps being the one to do the hurting, like breaking up basically twice then blocking you out. It’s all very hurtful but time is going to heal these wounds. There’s no other choice, because time will pass no matter what and feelings will inevitably change.

[Nirmroth]

Block him too. This doesn't mean he hates it its just a way to move in.

Out of the eye out of the mind.

Would help you too as obviously you still care and hear what happens around him. Ask mutual friends to not tell you anything about him and get rid of anything that reminds you of him. No need to trash it but in a box out of your reach is enough.

Lastly its rough but its gonna take time to heal espacially if you are the person that got broken up with. So ye the next months gonna keep sucking but it will gradualy and slowly get better. At some point you notice that you think off him less and at some point you notice that you haven't thought of him in a long while and so on.

Took me about 1,5-2 years to get fully over my ex of 8 years.