It's been a year...

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My ex of 5.5 years broke up with me a little over a year ago and I still feel like I'm not over it...

She was my first, and although I've recovered significantly compared to when it first occurred, I'm still triggered with depression and anxiety whenever I see her around, which, unfortunately, is quite frequently. We both work and attend school at the same college, and there's nothing I can really do to avoid her.

I don't know what to do. I've tried online dating and whatnot to get my mind off of her but I'm very uninterested in damn near everyone else I've ever met.

Just a theory, but I think it can be easy to fixate on sources of happiness and comfort if they're very few. Like how losing your one friend has much more impact than losing one of a hundred friends. The first time I split with someone I actually cared about it took a long time to get over it because I didn't have a lot else that really made me feel anything.

I don't know... I have more friends now than I've ever had in my entire life (I'm 24), I'm incredibly successful in both my school and work that I both love, but there's this crippling unexplainable despair that overcomes me when I see her or think about her... I want it to be over. I know she's moved on, she moved on before she even broke it off, and yet I'm here depressed like a loser. :/

You really only have two options, you either get over her or you don't. You can sit around wasting valuable time pining for something that's never going to happen or you can get out there and find something new. What sounds like it's more enjoyable: pining in misery or exploring something exciting and new? Next time you start thinking about her, remind yourself of those two options. Good luck!

As Michael Jackson once said, just beat it.

The thing is, I don't want her back, and I'm not intentionally pining over anything. I don't want to feel this way, I know it's not logical, but I just DO, and I hate it.

I think it's perfectly normal to feel the way you do. A 5.5 year relationship takes time to get over. It's even harder if it's the only person you've loved and been with for any length of time. It took me a few years to get over my first, but time eventually healed my wounds. Ask yourself if you miss her of the relationship. If it's her, then ask if you miss her of the her you wished she could have been or used to be. Analysing these things and being honest helped me. Don't pass up opportunities because you're still thinking about her either.

I didn't fully get over my 1st girlfriend after like 8 years sense we broke up till I got on a relationship with someone else.

Damn... that's such a long time to live with such unpleasantness... I want a new relationship, and I've been actively seeking one, but I'm unfortunately terribly uninterested in most of the people I've spoken to. I'm not picky re: looks, but a lot of the time I just find myself very bored with their personalities unless their interests closely align with my own. I don't know if it's an aspie thing, but it's frustrating.

Just remember times a healer and your not alone. Most people have felt how your feeling at some point in their lives. stay occupied and focus on your future, when you meet someone new you'll forget he even existed