I’m not sure what your situation is but I had this feeling for most of my twenties, specifically about a relationship I recognised that I struggled to move on from, and partly didn’t even want to move on from. I felt exactly how you described in your first post. Honestly? What helped me in the end was counselling to chat through that feeling. It took a while but being able to slowly sift through my tangled wool of emotions about it did work, and I’m so grateful I did it. It freed me up for new experiences - and today I can look back on it occasionally as its own little time capsule without comparing it negatively to my current life. As I say, just my experience so may be completely different for you. I did also try to be very tender with myself about it, as society is very ‘must move on/adapt immediately’ and that’s never been my experience with any big life change.
I’m not sure what your situation is but I had this feeling for most of my twenties, specifically about a relationship I recognised that I struggled to move on from, and partly didn’t even want to move on from. I felt exactly how you described in your first post. Honestly? What helped me in the end was counselling to chat through that feeling. It took a while but being able to slowly sift through my tangled wool of emotions about it did work, and I’m so grateful I did it. It freed me up for new experiences - and today I can look back on it occasionally as its own little time capsule without comparing it negatively to my current life. As I say, just my experience so may be completely different for you. I did also try to be very tender with myself about it, as society is very ‘must move on/adapt immediately’ and that’s never been my experience with any big life change.