Experiencing a breakup is honestly genuinely so devastating so I feel with you. In some ways it's like the death of a loved one, but the most compassion you get from people is a thats rough buddy and a pat on the back. It gave me thoughts I wasn't aware I was capable of having, that involved both hurting myself and others. Had no intent to act on these thoughts but it was incredibly scary nevertheless to have them pop up in my head. Luckily these thoughts are long gone. I imagine the first one is the worst but I've only had one breakup. It does get better but it took me literally months to go a day without thinking about her, and while I don't let it drag me down anymore in daily life, I feel the breakup did irreparable damage to me on what I expect from a relationship. Filling the days with activity does really help getting your minds off, myself I picked up sports which helped turning my mind to other things. In general the first reply is absolutely correct in his analysis. Time and dating others do heal things at least somewhat.
We were also together for 4 months when we were 21, I'm 24 now so I have to say it's kinda stupid to still mope about this 3 years later about such a short relationship. It's not something I think about on a daily basis but still more often than I'm willing to admit.
I'm not a big relationship person, and this is the first and only girl I've known that I actually was able to imagine living my rest of the life with. I've dated a few girls before and after this but it never felt right, and usually it was me who ended things because I didn't want a long term relationship with them.
Reason why I still haven't recovered is that things were simply too perfect, she's genuinely one of the most gorgeous girls I have ever seen in my life. When I saw this blonde I knew I just had to get to know her, when we got to know eachother I found out we shared music taste, hobbies and in general had the same world view. She was crazy smart, studied something real prestigious and was very much a nepo baby but you could never tell and was incredibly humble. We have the same ethnicity which means my family would have absolutely adored her if they'd get to meet her. Appearance wise she was just in that sweet spot where she was fat enough to satisfy me sexually, but still look very much conventionally attractive. I know the descriptions sound dreamy, but as an usually cynical person when I'm trying to be absolute nitpicky and find things I didn't like about her as a way to try to cope with the breakup the biggest issues I could find about her was that her breasts were a bit on the smaller side and she had one ugly tattoo on her wrist she regretted. So my biggest complaints about her were absolute non-issues. Never had a fight or major disagreement.
I have no doubt I will eventually find someone, I'm sure everyone in this thread who is single will eventually do that, but at the same time I have to be realistic and realise that the chances of finding a person that I'm this compatible with is very slim. I know the ideal partner doesn't have to be a female clone of yourself to have a good relationship, but after meeting x amount of women who's main interests is watching reality shows and tiktok it brought me so much joy being able to discuss 70's british rock album covers, old cars and politics with a genuinely intelligent person.
Thanks to OP for opening up about his situation, and allowing others to write their experiences. I have briefly touched upon this topic on this chan but it felt good writing down the entire story. I consider myself rather satisfied with life but the aspect of relationships have been a touchy subject since in my mind I have already experienced absolute peak, and I'm deathly afraid I'll end up with someone I'm not compatible with.