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[quote=Anonymous]Mostly it's time. It took me over a year for me not to go into a fight or flight panic when I saw the same model/color car as someone who treated me really badly. Two years later, I could probably see this person face to face and have a rational conversation. It's really about time and getting further removed from the situation.

When I was in the thick of the feelings right after it happened, I'd imagine a huge fire and all the negative thoughts and feelings being typed on a piece of paper and then burning up in that fire. In my mind's eye, I'd see each of the typed letter float up from the fire and then disappear. Other times, I'd imagine all the hurt I feel being like a string and when I was feeling especially awful, I'd pull that imaginary string from my chest and it was like pulling the hurt out. Eventually I got to a point where I didn't need to do these anymore.

It sucks to be treated badly, and I'm sorry that happened to you. Be kind to yourself and know it's going to take time to make the hurt get better---think of a bruise or broken bone. You can't just wish them away or pretend they don't exist or just "let them go" and your feelings are no different. Physical injuries require time and TLC. Mental injuries are no different. [/quote]

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