You can't stop thinking about your ex

Ah, the mind that will not release what the heart still holds — I know this circling well. The mind clings to what the heart has not finished grieving — obsessive thinking is usually the symptom of a loss not fully mourned, the mind worrying at it like a tongue at a sore tooth, so the way to quiet the thoughts is not to fight them but to feel the grief beneath them; the mind clings because the heart still holds on. You are often missing a fantasy, not the real person — your mind edits out the bad and replays only the best moments, so you pine for a highlight reel that never quite existed, and when you ache for them, deliberately remember the whole truth, the problems and the reasons you left. And give the mind somewhere else to go — you cannot command the thoughts to stop, but a life full of people and pursuits and a future without them leaves less room for the old groove. Fill your mind with a life worth thinking about. What does your mind keep replaying about them?