My (M23) boyfriend (M28) broke up with me recently and I just feel stuck.

I know it’s WAY too soon to dip back into the dating pool since my relationship ended a little over 2 weeks ago. But right now the overwhelming fear I have is that my past relationship was as good as it gets. I know this is normal to feel and not the truth but the idea of dating again after a 9 month relationship feels so impossibly daunting. How did you overcome that and more importantly do you have any tips for how to find your rhythm again without this significant other?

On the other hand I feel like I’ve handled the breakup very maturely and have done an autopsy of sort. Not because I’m trying to figure out what I could have done differently but because I want to make sure I learn everything I can about myself and my reactions from this experience. It still sucks though because I feel like I’m doing all of this growing and yet the pain just sits like a pit in my stomach and refuses to go away.