Do you avoid places that bring back memories?

[mike588]

To all of dumpees:

 

Now that we have been dumped do you avoid places like restaurants, bars,stores etc. that bring back memories of "how it used to be",,the good times?

 

I still find it painful to visit those places unless it's necessary.

 

I'm NOT speaking of places you might run into your ex.

[broken-and-lost]

it's always hard to be around places you use to spend timer together a park a beach bar anywhere. I try to avoid these places best i can

[smudge21]

The second you make a plan to avoid somewhere is the second you start thinking about it and it hurts anyway, so why even try to avoid it. Just accept that there will be triggers (I work opposite where I first met her) and they will bring up memories, but that's part of healing. The pain gets less and less each time until those triggers just become fond memories of past events.

[Glove_slap]

I try my hardest yet on rare occasions I find myself in those exact same locations just zoning out.