Why do I wake up thinking about my ex?

Because of the habit. It took some times before you can start living with those memories. It varies from person to person. It's quiet hard at the beginning but one day you'll realize it is not bothering you anymore. For me first time it took me around 1 years but eventually I can stop thinking about her. Time heals everything. Just try to survive and keep hoping. Don't try to forget or forcefully erase those memories, it won't work trust me. try to live with those memories. Try to calm yourself and teach yourself that you don't care whatever happens to him or her.

Maybe because you did not still overcome him/her or maybe because you still feel that connection or bonding. Sometimes it can also be because you might have been missing that person very badly that your mind unconsciously thinking about him / her. Maybe the chapter of love, with your ex, was left incomplete. May be those left out chapters are the ones which are making you think about your ex. Those unfinished chapters need to be finished. And you could also be thinking of your ex as soon as you wake up because there might be instances, happy memories which you had with him / her and something might have triggered those memories.

We often replay relationships when there are unresolved issues. Reoccurring thoughts about past relationships may stem from these unresolved issues. There may be questions you have that are unanswered or feelings you wish to convey after the end of the relationship. It is okay to have these thoughts. Process them and take the time to heal. If the relationship ended amicably, and you feel comfortable talking to your ex, open a dialogue and ask for some time to talk through your thoughts in an effort to seek a resolution. It may be easier to heal and move forward once you achieve closure.

Waking up thinking about someone may have many reasons.May be you love that person in such a pretty way that you cant let go off that person and their memories.May be the feeling about that person gives you and ache and heavy heart in a way their thought haunts you.

The grass is always greener on the other side. While, you may have moved on and even possibly found a new romance, there is still that piece of you that believes if things were different, things would be better. The dissatisfaction and insatiable focus on what could have been, rots and eats away at our souls. I recommend allowing yourself to meditate and let the hunger for more and better pass through your mind and evaporate. You can imagine putting those desires on a cloud and watching the cloud slowly fly away. We should not be afraid of our subconscious as we are all human and we all have our own experience of life. Through the pain, the joy, and the mystery, acknowledging our own humanity and facing our own truth, we can live joyful and free lives!

Put simply, one of the main reasons you're not letting go of a past relationship is because you're lonely right now, said Erika Ettin, a relationship coach and founder of A Little Nudge. "Rather than pining over someone who wasn't right for you, focus on yourself," she said. "Get back into hobbies you used to do, treat yourself to something that makes you happy, and get back in touch with friends who you haven't seen in a while. It's much better to be single than to be with the wrong person."Immediately after a break up, you're likely to still be connected to each other on social media. Ettin said this isn't a good idea. "Unblock, unfriend, un-everything," she said. "In this case, ignorance is bliss. Online stalking can get out of hand. Don't do it." In time, you may be able to be friends. But don't try to rush it. If you're meant to be in each other's lives, it will happen naturally. So don't worry about burning bridges — look after yourself first.

This someone was once a special part of your life, everyday, you wake up, get your phone and immediately check on him and chat him. He/she was once my inspiration in achieving things and now that your strangers, it is natural to think of him especially when you loved him

We tend to think of the people we hold most dear before we sleep and after we wake. I am unsure to why this is, but it's a thing.

It could be that, when you wake up, there is nothing else to distract you from those thoughts. Do you feel regrets about the relationship? Has there been a lack of closure? Or do you feel you'd like to get in touch again?

It is normal to think of your ex sometimes. You have spent time with he/she. You have loved and cared about them. So it is almost impossible to forget them or to erase them from your memory. By that doesn’t mean that you need to go back to them. As humans, we do have feelings but we have learnt to control them and to move forward.

Because you still love him and that’s not wrong, you just have to get over him and then you’ll not think about him anymore

Probably because you were used to them by your side, and now that they’re no longer there its going to take a while to move on.

It's because you probably love him/her. You should go talk to that person and it will feel better for you. I feel you I have been there where you are now. When me and my gf broke up.

Because there could be something missing something you miss that they did it doesn’t have to be something big that they’d do even just small things they’d do is enough to make you think about them

It depends on how long you have been separated. But it probably means that you are still attached to them. Of course attachment is different from love, and will fade with time. Usually getting over a loved one will take between 3 and 6 months. My own experience with this issue is after a couple of month the urge to think about them most of the time goes down a great deal, and as the months passed it became less and less till it vanished completely. The important thing for me was not to fight it, but rather to accept it and let time deal with it.

you could still have love for them or still care for them . we all have that one ex we will always think about .

Well there can be various reason... For example the breakup was just a few days ago and its memory is "fresh". Or maybe the break up was a bad idea and your brain already realized it. You started to miss him maybe and the time what you spent with him. You can still love him, you just can't admit it for yourself. Who knows? It is a hard question and i think you should figure out the answer all alone. Maybe you can contact him and talk about it, but it depends on how the relationship ended. Whatever you do, i support you.

The notable people in our past are part of who we are because they were are a notable part of our lives. It's not uncommon to be reminded of them or the effect they had on us. Especially if something familiar brings back memories. Of course if there was a deeper meaning behind those thoughts only you could truly explore that. Because it all depends on your connection with your ex and how you feel about them. Just keep in mind that thinking of someone simply means you were reminded of them. If there's more to it, your feelings would likely reflect it.

In my personal experience it has been due to a lack of closure, or unresolved feelings or issues you had with them. Breakups can be traumatic, especially if you feel like you’ve been wronged or it wasn’t your decision and felt blind sided by it. These emotions are difficult to process, you mourn the loss of a relationship and it can be scary to think about being on your own again. Change brings uncertainty and can cause anxiety because it’s unfamiliar. Maybe you’re waking up thinking about your ex because that the person is familiar. Maybe it’s because there are things you wish you could have said or done, situations you may have handled differently. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Dreams are complicated, yet interesting. Most of the times, dreams are an absurd amalgamation of the events in past, your present and your thoughts. If you find yourself thinking about someone while waking up, them it is most likely that you have slept thinking about them. That person must have done something to form an impreasion(positive or negative) on your life. You can scan the past few days and try to find out more about the connection. As on my personal part, I would not ponder over it much. These things are part and parcel of our life. They happen, and then we seem to forget most of them eaisly, as the day passes. Hope you'll find your solution. Take care

You may often miss someone you once held strong feelings for, especially if you still want to be with them. Personally my advice would be to fill your time with friends and family, and try to do things to distract you. Over time these will become less of a distraction and more of what you actually enjoy and you should completely forget about your ex. Don't get me wrong, it's never easy and always hurts but it takes time to get over someone and come to terms with how things are now, so take your time and ease yourself into a new way of thinking and acting.

We often dream about our exes at night because we are reliving past experiences, so whenever we wake up, we automatically think about our exes. It's completely normal and you shouldn't let it discourage you. Sometimes this scares us because we think we aren't completely over our exes, but that isn't true! You can be as over someone as you could possibly be, and you'll still dream about them because memories replay in our brains at night and create new images in our heads with the people we used to be with, or people we used to associate with.

I believe this has more to do with a subconscious mechanism than necessarily with feelings per se. There is a constant need of rewire our brain after a significant change in our lives or ourselves. It’s almost like having to constantly update the OS or the apps on smartphones, computers etc. to get newer versions with improvements, new features and bugs fixed. When we have deep feelings for someone and we’re used to that person being a significant part of our lives, there’s still many patterns sticked to our brains that we can’t just “turn it off” whenever we wish. We’re not only used to have that person in our life but also to think about her, to talk to her in the same way we used to, to see her, make plans, finding things that we’d like to share with that person etc. This takes a lot of space in our brain and it takes time and effort to normalize the idea that the person is gone, and make your brain adopt new patterns that doesn’t envolve this person in particular. The time it takes to achieve this varies a lot from person to person, but it is possible for all of us. You still need to heal completely, so try to be patient and kind with yourself. Don’t take the blame for feeling these things, and do your best to learn how to cope and overcome this. This isn’t permanent.

You probably miss what you used to have. I went through that too. It's totally normal. So don't worry. Try to move on even if it is hard. Try to talk to your friends about it because they will probably help you. I used to think about my ex because i missed what we had. Its like he was stuck in my head. Its ok to think about him because it is natural. The way he made you feel. If your single then you probably will think about him more often. He will probably be on your mind since you dated him.

There are many reasons as to why this could happen! ◆︎ You are still not over your ex. Even if you have had a relationship after, it could be a rebound. Meaning you were with them to forget about your ex. Even though you break up with someone, you need to remember that feelings usually linger. ◆︎ It could also be that you haven't allowed yourself to grieve over the relationship (not necessarily the person). Sometimes you miss the memories and the future it could have been instead. ◆︎ How did the relationship end? If it ended poorly, perhaps your brain is trying to find ways to protect you in the future from these situations or understand why it happened. I could be wrong, especially since I'm not aware of the circumstance, and there's many other reasoning's out there. But I hope you manage to get past this. :) Best of luck.

Because they were part of your life and we are magically connected through chords to all the people we've been in relationship with. We process memories in the night through dreams and in the morning it is when our unconscious is the most visible because we did not yet got into our busy day. Thinking of them means nothing more then thinking of your ex. That's what the mind does.

The reason behind this is that you sleep thinking about your ex. Our mind works like that. Think about geography, you'll wake up remembering that. Think about exams, you'll wake up thinking about that. It's ok to think like that. It'll be okay. Keep reminding yourself that this is gonna pass. And try to think about other things when going to bed. Or you can also try meditation while lying down in bad. You can turn on some meditating music. It'll help you. See, if you are willing to do something, you can make it happen. Make sure you are making right choices. All the best!

When we sleep, our minds are generating ideas of what's important to us and what we spend alot of time think about. Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing it's depending on how it affects us but it is absolutley normal for us to think about something we lost as we are adjusting to no longer being in it's presence or adjusting to the emotional changes our bodies go through. The best way to deal with similar thoughts are to think of what's best for us overall and to remember that love comes in different shapes and disguised in many forms, but the first true love we must experience is the love for ourselves.

Was it recent? Ask yourself, “Do I deserve to wake up and think about somebody who is not with me?” What do you do when you wake up and have thought about your ex? What are some things that distract you from them? Have you found a hobby to put your mindset on something else? You may think about them because they had a larger impact in your life, and now that that is gone you automatically think of them, perhaps. You think of them, have you tried to discover the root of why you think of them? It may help

When you truly love someone it is hard to let them go. Especially if they took up a big space in your life, you have to find a way/other things to fill that space which will take time. It is important to grieve. In the morning/right after you wake up, you are in a vulnerable place. You have a clean slate. It makes sense to be hit with your reality as you reflect on your day. If you slept in the same bed as your ex often, it makes sense to feel that absence in the morning - even weeks/a few months after the break up. If the break up was a surprise/you were dumped it can add to the difficulty of moving on.