How does one surrender? Distractions are temporary. How does one let go? Our minds are the strongest forces of our beings.
I've asked this from my share of psychics and almost none have been able to give any concrete answer and when people say "just live your life" is not an answer because even when you're strung out, you're still living. It might not be the life you envision, but it's still living. Well, by all means, please explain how it's done.
...and meditation is a crock, so don't say this either.
If I have to meditate to stop thinking about something I want so that it happens, I'm still thinking about it. I feel I am getting closer to an answer, just by how I've come to have the position I have now, but I still don't have the complete answer.
What you have to do...or at least, what I've had to do in the past...is basically whatever you'd do to get over a nasty breakup. And at first it is just distraction, but eventually (with what is essentially practice) it helps you keep your mind off the situation and you learn to move on.
The last time I went through this (and probably what I should do again now), I hit the gym just about every day, I rearranged my room and painted it a new color, I made a point of joining a few social groups on meetup.com, and I made a point of finding a creative outlet. For me, that's writing - I'd go to a park or a Starbucks or anywhere that would not remind me of my relationship and I'd write.
For you, it might be different. But it's all down to practice.
That said, it doesn't stop you from thinking about it entirely - it can't, because Lord knows it hurts. I think the key is to keep yourself from thinking about it constantly, and that's where the distractions come in. And after you do it enough, it just kind of...happens. (But admittedly, sometimes that takes seemingly FOREVER.)