Youre dealing with a strong mix of wildly different emotions.

Youre upset because you thought this relationship was going to last for a while.

Youre angry because you feel like your person has been misleading you for a while.

When You’re Blindsided By A Breakup

DeMorris Byrd

Youre confused because you never saw this coming in the first place.

When youre blindsided by a breakup, its hard not to feel embarrassed.

After all, you were recently gushing to your friends about how much you liked this person.

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You recently told your parents everything was going smoothly.

You had no idea you were about to have your heart smashed to bits.

You feel like you must have been living in a fantasy world because you thought everything was good.

You didnt see any problems.

You didnt see any warning signs.

You must have been gullible for believing your person when they claimed everything was fine a few weeks earlier.

You must have been lying to yourself.

You feel stupid for investing so much time and energy into someone who clearly didnt feel the same way.

When youre blindsided by a breakup, you retrace all of your steps.

When youre blindsided by a breakup, you have a million questions.

You didnt see this coming.

You didnt know your person was on a different page than you.

You didnt know you were about to have your heart brutally broken.