Hey!
I am new to this forum, just to make that clear XD

Right now I am going trought a break with a dear friend because I have had feelings for him for 2 years.

During the days I try my very best to work on myself, for myself. Focusing on other people, than thinking about him all the time. But the nights? I either dream about him or some other person from my past. It's been a week + a day since we decided to take a 3 months long break from eachother and I understand if the feeling of missing someone is very strong the first weeks.

Last night was one of the worse dreams. I dreamt that other people left me. That I onse again was friends with past people and that they left me again.

Why can't my brain let this go? Atleast the people I haven't spoken to since 2011-2012. I keep waking up and the feeling - sad, anxious, angry - of the dream lingers for atleast 2-3 hours if not sometimes the whole day.

What do I do? Is there any way to reduce the amount of dreams I have about them? I've tried lucid dreaming so maybe I could talk to them openly in the dream, just so I can get a stop to this so I can genuinly move on. But I am never aware that I am dreaming, it always feels so real.

Any advice?