getting over something

“But I think that’s part of the process of getting over something as major as your life not turning out the way you thought it would.”

One of the glories of adult life is the realization that we never have to simply “get over something” merely for the sake of getting over something.

“When it comes to the idea of ‘getting over’ something, people often think of it as the equivalent of forgive and forget,” says Elizabeth Lombardo, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and author of A Happy You.

“I know. Believe me, if you don’t believe yourself. Getting over something like this takes time. It won’t be better today. Not tomorrow, either. Maybe in a year, though, it won’t be like this. Maybe in a year you’ll have mostly forgotten. But it will still be there. You’ve got blood on your hands.”

"The biggest thing in getting over something like this is in accepting that the world is not always what you want it to be."