Top Five for Episode #13: Top Five Tips For Dealing with A Breakup online

Dealing with a breakup is hard enough as it is, but now with social media thrown into the mix, it's even tougher than ever.

Follow these five tips and I guarantee you that your breakup will be that much easier.

#5 - Don't post when you're particularly mad, sad, or upset. Exercise restraint, you're only going to look back on yourself a couple of hours later and wish you never posted in the first place. Don't tweet your baggage, don't put a ranting Facebook status, and definitely do not post on your ex's wall "I miss you." Just don't do it.

#4 - Don't try to overcompensate by posting about how great your life without your ex is. Chances are those posts are going to be pretty transparent anyways. You know those pics that you couldn't resist putting up about you having the "perfect Sunday brunch in downtown New York" with your "new boyfriend"? Those pics aren't going to make your ex jealous. All they are going to do is hurt your chances at making a genuine connection with someone else who just might turn out to better than your ex. (They're you ex for a reason right?)

#3- Don't get drunk and stalk your ex at 2am. I get it. You're mad, you're sad, and tequila's got you feeling a little bit nostalgic at this hour. You're only going to wake up the next morning with a hangover and be pissed at yourself when you remember how you liked a bunch of your ex's photos from back in 2010. You know the rules about drunk texting? The same, if not more rules, apply here. And while I don't encourage it, if you have to Facebook Stalk...you're better of doing it while your sober.

Which reminds me...

#2 - Don't facebook stalk - Chances are there are probably a bunch of people who have been waiting to see your ex be single for  a long time. If you're going to sit behind your computer and wonder if every post on their wall is a new potential love interest, then you're only going to be torturing yourself. Don't do it.

#1 - Defriend, Delete, Remove - You know that big box of crap that you through away that was filled with things that reminded you of your ex? Get rid of the internet junk too. Defriending and deleting doesn't mean that you can't make a reconnection somewhere down the road, but right now, giving yourself some space is the best way to go.

And don't worry. We can get through this together!