Sometimes I use kg instead of miles . Cries in european <| sep |> Early 20 s , you still have all the time in the world . Odds are against the woman you meet that early in life being the one who sticks around forever . I know how it is to get wrecked by break ups at that age . Age 1825 for me was just a series of getting in relationships and thinking it was finally the one I was going to marry and getting destroyed every time something went wrong . At 29 now I feel stupid for ever thinking any of those girls would be the ones to get serious and I wish I had put my time and energy into other things . No amount of explaining will make you believe that it gets better , but it will . It simply takes time . You can protect yourself by not keeping tabs on her , not looking at her on social media where seeing pictures and status updates will just hurt more , not trying to win her back or remain friends , etc . Do No Contact so the wound can heal . In my early 20 s I was in very good physical shape too and let me tell you , in 2011 a breakup totally broke me for a couple of years and I ' ve gained a ton of weight and am hardly active anymore . I ' m a few days into working on my diet and at some point I ' ll join a gym again , but it is a depressing journey knowing how much work it will take to just get back to where I originally was . DO NOT let this happen to you .