whenever rejection enters a situation, a normal first reaction is fear. fear of how to proceed, fear of loneliness and perhaps even a fear of never being able to replace such feelings of deep affection.
while many try to chase away such demons with a cocktail of vices, the only real cure for such angst is time. so go ahead and let yourself feel something, because unlike some humans, time always moves forward.
check out how east village twosome, cults, express their distress in their latest single, "you know what i mean".
-t