I recently broke up with my girlfriend of five years. She was my first real relationship and we were madly in love. We spent every free moment together and pretty much lived together. We have very different visions of the future though. I thought about us for months and objectively I feel like we'll never be compatible in the long term. We have different ideas on kids,  monetary spending, where we want to spend our lives, etc. I felt like I needed to break it off before we got any further. But now that we're broken up (about two months ago), I feel physically sick every time I think about her. I literally gag and feel like I'm going to throw up when I think about her. I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm droning on, but I feel like I'll never be happy again and I just want to know when this will end. She was pretty much my only close friend so I have no support system whatsoever. I can't live like this and I'm worried for my mental health. She's okay with remaining friends (for now), and the only time I'm happy is when she's around. I just don't want to feel miserable any longer and I'd really appreciate some advice on where to go from here. Can I get over her if we remain friends or do I need to just cut off communication with her?
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Broke up with my girlfriend of five years. I'm only happy with her around, but I don't think we can work on a long-term period. Should
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I recently broke up with my girlfriend of five years. She was my first real relationship and we were madly in love. We spent every free moment together and pretty much lived together. We have very different visions of the future though. I thought about us for months and objectively I feel like we'll never be compatible in the long term. We have different ideas on kids,  monetary spending, where we want to spend our lives, etc. I felt like I needed to break it off before we got any further. But now that we're broken up (about two months ago), I feel physically sick every time I think about her. I literally gag and feel like I'm going to throw up when I think about her. I'm sorry if this sounds like I'm droning on, but I feel like I'll never be happy again and I just want to know when this will end. She was pretty much my only close friend so I have no support system whatsoever. I can't live like this and I'm worried for my mental health. She's okay with remaining friends (for now), and the only time I'm happy is when she's around. I just don't want to feel miserable any longer and I'd really appreciate some advice on where to go from here. Can I get over her if we remain friends or do I need to just cut off communication with her?
user
broke up with my girlfriend of five years and I'm not sure if I want to keep our friendship.
assistant