When my college boyfriend sat me down for my first-everbreakupchat, I was cool as a friggin' cucumber.
It was exhausting, though not debilitating.
Breakups are a complex beast.
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And the mythical perfect breakup playlist is, perhaps, an even more complex one.
Below weve listed the core components that must be addressed in a breakup playlist for holistic healing.
Let’s be real: You havecried, you are crying, and you will absolutely cry some more.
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You might as well set your sobs to a soundtrack of absolutely devastating music.
Gotta take advantage while it’s possible for you to.)
No, but tough love never is.
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Being angry after a breakup is absolutely normaleven if you are the one who did the heartbreaking.
Interludes might seem like dead weight, but they provide the respite any emotionally taxing playlist needs.
Mindless slow jams, like most of Drakes discography, should do the trick.
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The same goes for literally anyOne DirectionorHilary Duffsong.
Basically, you want to find music that doesnt ask much of you sonically, lyrically, or otherwise.
Bonus points if it makes you emphatically exclaim, UGH this feels like HOME.
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Heartbreak upended your world, as it is wont to do.
OK, so maybe your breakup didn’t hit youthathard.
But it certainly left you feeling confused, rejected, and more than anything, lonely.
Stephanie Indrajo / André Luiz Gollo
Bask in this, for a moment.
Anything that captures the isolating juncture you’ve come to should work.
Find your Marina.)
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You’ve done it.
You have cried all the tears.
You have screamed all the screams.
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You have questioned all the questions, confused all the confusions, and interluded all the interludes.
What’s left: acceptance.
Breathe in, and allow yourself to feel isolated.
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You might not be happy now or anytime soon.
But you’ve made it through the tough stuff, and all that’s left is a way forward.
That’s the vibe you’re going for here.
Try as it may, this breakup can’t hold you back forever.
And no matter where you’re headed, you want your journey to be underscored by a fucking banger.
double-check your playlist reminds you of that every time you look at it.