| Two reasons: its part of the greiving process, and she took half your confidence when she left.
If you have ever heard of the book "On death and dying" by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, it goes over the process of grieving and accepting death. Well that process doesn't just apply to death. We go through the same process with any significant loss. The five stages are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. Any of the first four can occur in any order and can even be repeated before one attains acceptance of a loss. There is no set time frame to accept a loss, it all depends on the individual and the impact the loss had on that individual. Until you accept the loss of this relationship, you will not be able to move on.
Secondly, in a relationship two people share all kinds of psychological properties. They share: self-esteem, confidence, resolve, emotional energy, joy, drive, even identities. This why sometimes it feels good to have a loved one with in hard times, even if they're not real doing anything tangible to help you, what they are doing is combing their strength with yours to make you stronger when you are weak. When she left, it was like part of your psyche left. You are at half-strength now, and you must strengthen yourself back up.
My advice, first deal with the grief head-on, don't act like your not sad over it. Confront your pain, let it run it's natural course, and accept the loss. Then do things that make you feel confident and strong again. This doesn't necessarily have to be pickup stuff either, just anything that would boost your confidence and self-esteem. Then you will be back to full strength again, a little wiser for the experience though.
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