Coping skill · 15 min
No-contact plan
You keep checking their profile and it wrecks you every time.
Do this
- Mute or block for 30 days. You can undo it later.
- Move their thread and photos to an archive folder you have to dig for.
- Write the text you want to send, in your notes app, and leave it there.
- Pick the replacement: who or what you reach for when the urge hits.
Why it works
Strong feelings and urges rise, peak and fall, usually within minutes. A skill gives your body something to do while the wave passes, and each time you ride one out, the next one gets a little easier.