I've always had the problem of texting or reaching out when I KNOW I'm being overwhelming. Like seeing myself texting and thinking the whole time, "Stop! Leave this person alone!! They need space!!" ...but still hitting send.

I've just tried this yesterday and figured it would be a good thing to suggest if it could help anyone else.

When that overwhelming need to text a person starts to rear its head, I'm allowed to check the phone to see if they texted me, and if they haven't I do 5 push ups, sit-ups, squats, donkey kicks, or another calisthenic.

Okay, that cooled me down, good. ...Oh no, it's been 10 minutes and I'm obessesing again. Check the phone, nothing, 5 more counts of calisthenics.

I'm sure you can adjust this to your ability level, but I ended up doing like 20 donkey kicks, 20 fire hydrants, 5 push ups, and 5 sit ups yesterday, which is far more than I've done in a long time. It makes me feel good about myself by being productive and prevents me from nuking a relationship which I've done too many times before. Make sure you're using proper form lol, I hope this helps someone.