Erin Kelly

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So, you got dumped. Or maybe you did the dumping. Perhaps you cited “irreconcilable differences” and mutually broke it off.

However it happened, you’re heartbroken. You’re feeling alone, angry, maybe even depressed—and you truly believe you’ll never love anyone else again. EVER!

Stop wallowing. We’ve all been there—that part after the break-up where you sit alone in your room in the dark listening to music that makes you cry, pining over ‘the one that got away’….er, at least I’ve been there.

While I hope I don’t have to use this anytime in the near future, this ultimate break-up play list (paired with the five steps to acceptance) will help you get over any Ex (even if you REALLY thought he—or she—was the ONE). There’s a song for every step of the healing process, and here it is:

Step 1: DENIAL (This isn’t really happening…)

Thought: “Over you… I’m never really over you.” – Song: Back to You, John Mayer

Thought: “It’s ridiculous, it’s been months, but for some reason I just can’t get over us,” – Song: So Sick, Ne-Yo

Step 2: ANGER (I HATE you!)

Thought: “Truth be told I miss you…truth be told, I’m lying…When you see my face, I hope it gives you hell.” – Gives You Hell, All American Rejects

Thought: “Watch me strike a match on all my wasted time, as far as I’m concerned you’re just another picture to burn,”– Picture to Burn, Taylor Swift

Step 3: BARGAINING (PLEASE don’t leave me)

Thought: “You’re all I ever wanted, you’re all I ever needed,” – I Want You Back, Backstreet Boys

Thought: “What am I supposed to do, when the best part of me was always you?”– Break Even, The Script

Step 4: DEPRESSION (My life is nothing without you in it…)

Thought: “How’s it gonna be when you don’t know me anymore??” – How’s it Gunna Be, Third Eye Blind

Thought: “Broken this fragile thing, now…and I can’t pick up the pieces” – Only One, Yellowcard

Step 5: ACCEPTANCE (I guess it’s really over.)

Thought: “I gotta let it go, ‘cause the party ain’t jumpin’ like it used to’,” – Burn, Usher

Thought: “Finally doin’ me and it feels so right” – Ridin’ Solo

Are you feeling better yet? Over your ex? If not, hit replay. The road to acceptance isn’t an easy one.