How do you deal with the temptation to contact your ex?

whenever I feel like contacting my ex, I will always ask myself to wait for my ex to make this initiative. And the longer I wait, the more I know that it's over. I then feel better and grateful that I did not make the first move. It is tough, but I've did well for almost 2 years now. I still thought about my ex and memories we had together, but it became not as bitter as before, my mind is clearer and knew that being separated is good for both of us, I believe we both moved on and is going to be better in the future despite not contacting each other.

If you ever feel like talking to your ex, or replying to him/ her if they text you, remember all the bad things that have happened between you two, the reasons behind you not being together. Remind yourself of the reasons why not texting him/ her is best for both of you, remind yourself how better you'd feel once you're over them and successful without them. Believe in yourself and be strong. Maybe you miss them now but if you go back and text them and the bad reasons that drive you apart are back, you'll regret texting them and blame yourself, you're better off without that.

I deal with the temptation to contact my ex if I had one. By keeping busy. I talk to my friends and get out of my head. I also get in other activities rather that focus on my ex. My ex was a relationship in the past a while ago and it should remain that way. Now it is time for me to move on tow bigger and other things. such as getting a job or going back to School. That is how I would deal with my temptation with contacting my ex partner. If he calls I would not talk to him at all.

I am 25 years of age and married I really do not have any contact with any of my exes in anyway but, a two years ago it did happen. I tried my hardest to ignore him, even block him but, it seem likes it would not stop him. I had to do something to stop this. I then just told my husband what was going on so we could work something out. We ended up changing my number which was amazing. Blocking his number didn’t help because he would use other numbers but, changing my number worked perfectly.

By keeping busy, by remebering what brought us to break up in the first way, by remembering the hurt, the sleepless nights, the words, the actions... everything. It's a natural behaviour to start remembering the good times once something is over, just like when someone dies people tend to remember only the best about this person. But it is an effort to make to force ourselves to remain awake, aware and to see the whole picture. If it didn't work out, in most cases both people were in cause. Still, if it didn't work out, it means this pair wasn't bringing out the best in each other, and that's not what we want. Also, I'll restrain from contacting my ex simply by thinking about all the other possibilities available out there. I have more hopes in something that didn't prove me wrong yet.

Make it more difficult for yourself to get in touch with them. Delete their number. Block their social medias. It's really important to be gentle with yourself when you're healing from a breakup, so pay special attention to yourself. When you're wanting to contact them, what are you really wanting? Attention? To feel loved? To feel safe? Then, ask yourself other ways to achieve that need without contacting your ex. If possible, make and keep a list on hand of reasons why you want to resist that temptation. And try to remember friend, that you are whole person on your own, it's okay for this to hurt, and you will heal.

Firstly, please remember that it's okay to feel such temptations as no matter even if there was a reason behind your breakup, you did have a great relationship once before things changed and it fell apart. I strongly believe that it may not be a good idea to blame/curse yourself just because you feel tempted to be in touch with them/get back with them, etc. After all, we all are humans, and it's impossible to forget someone overnight and move ahead in life. Secondly, it's good to recognize where the temptation is coming from and what's your intention to contact them — Do you just want to check on them or do you plan to get back with them? If it was a toxic relationship, you may want to step back and avoid texting them. However, if your intention is just to casually chat and see how they are doing then it's your call. Anyhow, the temptation must not make you forget how they made you feel and how they treated you during and after the relationship got over, especially if it was a bad experience. Proceed with caution, I wish you find your way out! ♥️

Try your best to move on from them. Meet new people, date other people, try to block them from your mind and make sure you simply have no contact to them. Delete their number etc.

Try to think about the reasons why you are no longer together. If you try to contact your ex, call a friend instead to talk.

over come the temptation ... nothing much to deal with over here. Unless, you can't resist a lot of temptation