Well, this week has been a long one. It's one week today since the break up of a long term relationship and once the initial shock began to subside I started to feel a bit better. Seeing more clearly that our differences were making us unhappy, and better about myself, some of the energy I felt before we got together was returning and it felt good.

Then I got an email today from my ex, nothing bad, but made me realise how dependent I was on his emotional support. It's good that I can still communicate with him, but I think that it's best not to look to him for that support any more. And the emptiness feels really bad again and I feel like all the energy and life has been drained from me.