I recently broke up with someone that I believe was my favorite person and their absence in my life was a bit jarring for my brain. It was a complicated break up where we’re still best friends, they just need time away from everyone and they’re leaving the state soon. I struggled with this a bit, but with giving myself time alone and time with others I was able to recover a bit, but now I think I might have started getting feelings for one of my friends. I am okay with the crush, that’s fine, but I find myself staring at photos of us together and really waiting for their messages which is sort of normal crush behavior for me, but it’s also how I start forming the favorite person relationship and I was just wondering if anyone had any tips for how to kind of put a pin in that? I’ve been really trying normal coping mechanisms like texting others and trying to have fun with different people, but with covid and such it’s sort of hard for me to not fixate a little. 

I feel like part of the first step is realizing that it’s happening… but I just don’t know what to do next!

Also I apologize if this is posted incorrectly, I don’t really know how to make posts like this one Reddit!