<human>: Hey, Redditors,

I split with a long-term live-in GF a year and a half ago.  I had a really great time with her- she felt like my equal, and a great match, initially.  Our breakup was tearful and very hard, but amicable, because we still loved each other, but knew that at this point, we were driving each other crazy due to wildly diverging life paths.

It's all this time later, and no matter what I do, I can't get her off my mind.  I don't even really pine for her anymore and I like to think I would turn her away if she tried to come back to me, but she stands as this benchmark in my love life, and the good years with her as the best of my life.  

I've gone out with about 15 girls since her, and semi-seriously dated a few for a few months at a time, but nobody compares!  They aren't as smart, fun, pretty and awesome as she was, so they can't compete and I lose interest.  Also, the prospect of love just doesn't feel so shiny-happy anymore.  It feels like a compromise and a heartache waiting to happen, in return for a handful of creature comforts.

Basically, love is no fun for me right now, and it's killing me.  Love is essential to my life, right up there with creativity and food, and it's like I've lost my sense of taste, or all my good ideas.  I'm stripped bare, and I feel like less of a human.  I am naturally exuberant, joyful and energetic.  After the last year, I feel defeated, and I feel guilty for telling so many perfectly nice girls goodbye because I couldn't reconcile this.

If you've gone through this, and come out the other side, let me know how you did it.

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<bot>: I want to reset myself after a tough breakup scrambled my love sensors.  How to, besides more dating (tried that)?