- Hanging around friends and family can really help get your mind off things, and perhaps even help you. Try and socialize a lot.
- If this is someone you come across regularly in your day-to-day life, you might find it helps to take a break from seeing or talking to them for a while - if this is something which is possible to do. This could prove to be hard at first, but chances are this will help your obsessed feelings towards this person cool off - especially if you can find other things to focus your mind on in the meantime(i.e. a new hobby/interest, family, friends etc).
- Get busy. If you occupy yourself with sports, hobbies and other activities, you'll forget why you were ever so obsessed or upset with him/her in the first place. Busy your mind with other things and eventually you'll forget.
- Don't stalk them or their stuff. That won't help, it just brings you down even more. Try to keep your dignity. * * * *
- Do not text that person. One little 'harmless' text could lead to you completely failing in your task when you get ignored. The pain will be bad and will just lead to over-thinking the situation and not resulting in you getting over this person.
- If someone you dislike/find unattractive has been obsessing over you, try to remember how irritable and uncomfortable that made you feel. Slip into the shoes of the person you obsess over; think about how much you may be making them feel uncomfortable.
- Put a loose rubber band around your wrist. Every time you think about that person, give yourself a little snap with the rubber band on the inside of your wrist. This works for people who stop smoking. An obsession is a habit of thought (a certain way of thinking) that you can break with negative reinforcement, i.e., the pain of the band snapping against your wrist. Soon you'll see how less often thoughts of them cross your mind. That's progress!
- And remember, time heals all wounds and wounds all heels!
How to Get Over Someone You Obsess Over - wikiHow