You will remember the people you love or deeply admire. The mechanism behind this is that it safely deposits in your subconscious mind. Even if you do not have any present contacts or incidents related to this person, when you see or hear things related to that person, all the memories associated with him will return to life.
The unconscious mind mostly has all the unpleasant, scary memories that were once unbearable and were in the conscious mind for some time. The reason deposits all those in the unconscious mind as a defense mechanism. Having all these in the conscious mind will have many adverse effects on a person. So, this is a safe precaution taken by the mind itself for the better mental health of the person. Also, when the mind gets loaded with new experiences and memories, the older incidents and the memories are buried deep down in the unconscious mind. This also happens because of the safety step of our mind, and the reason can only store a limited capacity of memories. If all these unpleasant memories hold in your mind, the pressure that a person is forced upon you could be unbearable, and it may lead to many other mental health issues.
But when a breakup occurs, all the memories regarding the incident lie in the conscious mind as the situation is still fresh. It is the stage in which memories can create different emotions in a person. They can sometimes be harmful, as memories are painful. Some responses may be based on the unpleasant experiences one undergoes.
When a relationship starts, where a breakup happens, all of this pain is related to the conscious and unconscious process I mentioned earlier and the movement of the mind that I have talked about so far.
All these things happen in the mind. Although I explain in a pretty simple manner, the overall process is extremely complex.
Even if a person is significant to you, when you are not profoundly affected by that person or his actions, the sadness those actions create in you is significantly less. But for humans, it is sometimes different.
No matter how important someone is to you, if it becomes something that is not immediately relevant to your mind in some way, the pain you feel from it is relatively less. But regarding humans, that does not happen in such an easy way.
Usually, you get deeply attached to the loss and keep overthinking about the incident, finally making you addicted. And it creates sad feelings in you. But if the mind does not note a situation, a person, or an incident, the negative impact or the sadness you feel is significantly less. Sometimes, those relationships may be months or years of relationships, but the attachment is less, making it less important in your mind. So, breaking up such a relationship does not cause emotional turmoil in you. Such a situation is almost impossible for a human being.
Usually, when you enter into a bond or a relationship with a person, the mind comes up with a plan with that partner. So, as soon as the break up happens, the mind still insists on that person's presence to keep you on track with the plan already created in mind. Following the already-drawn plan would mentally save you more emotionally secure than anything else. But it is only sometimes possible as individuals keep on changing constantly. So, to overcome the mental agony of a breakup, we, too, have to adopt a personality ready to embrace change according to the situation. For that, we need to have a plan B in our mind while in plan A. But this requires some time. The memories in the conscious mind take time to deposit in the subconscious mind. So even when a relationship ends, it needs time to escape the breakup pain.
After a Break up:
Get rid of all the materials that remind you of your partner.
Do not discuss the incident with other parties.
Try out new and different things.
Meet new people.
It is simply the no-contact follow method.
It will help in the following ways:
You will not get updated regarding the conscious facts about the incident.
It helps to create new information, the time required to convert conscious memories into unconscious memories, and the necessary background to make the facts unconscious.
If not, you will always be suffering with the memories of the part unpleasant incident. Many around us undergo this mental agony.
There comes a time in our lives when we suddenly forget this kind of profoundly saddening incident at one point. Sometimes, we feel very comfortable and mentally settled after a good sleep. We tend to forget the trauma suddenly. You also must have experienced it. But this only happens as quickly as we think when it comes to a love relationship, as the relationship is more or less formed on an addiction towards the other person.
The gist is that a specific mechanism inside our mind may be less critical in case of a change, even if it was vital to us earlier. We might not feel anything about it any longer.
Even though we refer to the heart as the main component of the feelings of a love relationship, the mind works out all. That is because of mental mechanisms and reactions that work appropriately; we cannot escape the sadness of a breakup at once.
When we cannot control our minds, how can we expect another person's mind to dedicate its feelings to us genuinely? It is more like trying to figure out the end of the universe. It is something impossible and pointless.
We should remember that we must realize the truth of a relationship, that it is bound to break at any point. Hence, we must train our minds to adapt to change and move forward. It will be helpful for better physical and mental health. What we should focus more on is our personal growth.
Sometimes, the person who changes does not know why he or she acts that way. They react to the situation at that point. Trying to analyze these unpredictable situations of the change of the other party is useless. If the other person changes and you feel it throughout a period, it is best to understand and train your mind to move away from the relationship. Preparing your mind for this will be more productive since you have your path to follow and goals in life to achieve.
Suffering from the relationship is something that always happens. There are plenty of consequences of relationships. The key objective of this series of articles is to provide proper and professional guidance to those who are suffering from breakups and similar situations in life. Writing these articles is one of my attempts to heal the minds entirely and eliminate addicted relationships and toxic relationships. Also, these articles will help better understand a successful love relationship based on mutual agreement.
Written by,
Nandimal Edirisooriya

Nandimal Edirisooriya
I am Nandimal Edirisooriya, Sri Lanka's first and only Relationship & Breakup Expert, also known as a Relationship & Breakup Coach. I provide psychological insights to help individuals quickly overcome the pain of relationship challenges.
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