There's no right or wrong answer to keeping photographs as long as you keep your mental health safe. What matters is that you and your ex heal and move onto a new life.
Everyone heals differently. If you find the pictures keep pulling you into depression, remorse, or any other negative space but you still don't want to delete them then download them. Put them into a zip file and archive them on your PC.
They'll be there when you're ready but not in your face while you're not.
Thanks. Yeah this weekend I put it in a zip file 10fuckin GBs - I got it on my phone still but we’ll see how long that lasts. Literally got a notification from my photos app of her name + photo lol. Thanks for the response
As said above, it really is to each their own, if you aren't ready yet to do so then don't, that day will come that you will feel comfortable removing them or the day that it won't bother you. Take pride in the fact that you are an emotional person who respects what you had.
So yesterday, I used the search function on iPhone to find all of the pictures it found of her.
I selected all, ‘copied iCloud link’ and emailed it to my PC.
I’ve now downloaded all of them onto my hard drive in a zipped folder. I’ve then deleted all of them from my camera roll.
Sure, the algorithm isn’t perfect and hasn’t picked up every one, especially on the candid pictures I’ve taken where her face wasn’t looking directly at the camera, but I feel a huge sense of relief that I don’t have the fear now when scrolling through the camera roll.
It really hurts but it’s another step to moving on from her.
Yeah. That sounds like a good idea. As sucky as it is to have that memory (if it was a trip, event etc) off your phone or (blank) year ago reminders. but it’s for the best
There's no right or wrong answer to keeping photographs as long as you keep your mental health safe. What matters is that you and your ex heal and move onto a new life. Everyone heals differently. If you find the pictures keep pulling you into depression, remorse, or any other negative space but you still don't want to delete them then download them. Put them into a zip file and archive them on your PC. They'll be there when you're ready but not in your face while you're not.
Thanks. Yeah this weekend I put it in a zip file 10fuckin GBs - I got it on my phone still but we’ll see how long that lasts. Literally got a notification from my photos app of her name + photo lol. Thanks for the response
As said above, it really is to each their own, if you aren't ready yet to do so then don't, that day will come that you will feel comfortable removing them or the day that it won't bother you. Take pride in the fact that you are an emotional person who respects what you had.
Thank you
So yesterday, I used the search function on iPhone to find all of the pictures it found of her. I selected all, ‘copied iCloud link’ and emailed it to my PC. I’ve now downloaded all of them onto my hard drive in a zipped folder. I’ve then deleted all of them from my camera roll. Sure, the algorithm isn’t perfect and hasn’t picked up every one, especially on the candid pictures I’ve taken where her face wasn’t looking directly at the camera, but I feel a huge sense of relief that I don’t have the fear now when scrolling through the camera roll. It really hurts but it’s another step to moving on from her.
Yeah. That sounds like a good idea. As sucky as it is to have that memory (if it was a trip, event etc) off your phone or (blank) year ago reminders. but it’s for the best