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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">If you're in a relationship for the first time that has broken down, it's often difficult to let it go and find a "closure." The word "closure" literally means shutting the door on anything or on a person.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In other words, closure is about leaving the past and not to drag it forward into the present. In the context of a relationship, this means letting go of that relationship and starting afresh with someone new, hopefully leading to a better one.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In fact, you can find closure in many ways. But how you do it very much depends on your mindset and specific case.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Here are 10 ways to find closure after a break-up in a stinky relationship:</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>1.</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Let your close friend know that the relationship has ended, and you're okay with it</strong>. Get emotional support from your close friend to help you remain focused on the present as well as the future and not to dwell on the past.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>2.</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Call or meet the person you're ending the relationship with and initial a clean break.</strong>&nbsp;Tell the person honestly that the relationship isn't going the way you'd wanted it, and it's better for both of you to go your separate ways.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>3. Shift your focus back to yourself.&nbsp;</strong>Your personal interests may have taken the back seat while you're busy with your previous relationship. It's time to refocus on yourself and restart from where you've left out on the things that you've always wanted to do.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>4. Embrace a new hobby or activity to keep you occupied.</strong>&nbsp;If you're always out on Friday evenings, perhaps it's now time to spend time with your close friends for some meaningful activities or to watch movies. Alternatively, you could help out at some charitable events.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>5. Stop thinking about your old relationship.</strong>&nbsp;Try not to think about your old relationship anymore. If you do, tell yourself reasons for letting the person go and that it isn't worth hanging on to it.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>6. Use a mantra to help you refocus.</strong>&nbsp;Keep repeating this mantra in your mind, and soon you'll begin to believe in it. You'll soon begin to behave differently, but for the better.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>7. Get rid of stuff that reminds you of the relationship.</strong>&nbsp;You need not throw them away, but just keep them away in a box where the stuff could be out of your sight. Perhaps, at some time in the future you'll have the strength to revisit them, which will bring back fond memories instead of being tugged back into the past.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>8. Maintain your well-being.&nbsp;</strong>Adopt a healthy lifestyle by practicing healthy eating, having regular exercise and having enough sleep. Be sure to keep yourself well-hydrated by drinking plenty of water throughout each day.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>9. If you're feeling sorrowful over the break up, let it out.</strong>&nbsp;It's understandable for you to feel sorrowful when the relationship ends. Don't hold back your emotion; just cry it out.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong>10. Find out what has gone wrong in the relationship.</strong>&nbsp;Look back at this when you're comfortable, that this will not stir your emotion.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- If it's too hurtful to talk to the person, write the person a note instead.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- Remove the person's contact from your phone memory.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- Remove photographs where the two of you were together.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- Keep away the presents the person gave you.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- Write in your diary on your feelings, so you can get them out rather than bottling them in.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- If you've done something that could have played a part in the break-up, acknowledge it.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- Take cognizant of the signs that foretell the impending ending of the relationship.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">- Resolve not to make the same mistakes in your future relationships.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">If you're the one not wanting the relationship to end, it's likely you may still be 'holding the torch' for that person. In this case, you may find it hard to find closure, but remind yourself that the emotional cost for holding out hope could be way too high for you to bear.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In the best interests of your well-being, conscience and happiness, turn over a new chapter in your life and accept that the relationship has ended. Let go of the past, shut the door and go into a brighter future.</p>
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