I totally get why we all are focusing on our ex’s and how we can get them back but the truth is that we must use this time to work on our selves. It is our chance to heal and do positive things while they are thrown off course. I feel that it is important that we continually ask this question? Am I focusing my time and energy on my own improvements so I can be stronger and more individualistic? or Am I doing this more dominantly to get my ex back…which in my opinion won’t work!!! I admittedly say that this is hard. My most difficult time is when I wake up alone in the morning.
I get you with the waking up part. I get panic attacks every morning, because the first thing I think about is my ex. 
its a horrible time of the day. But I agree with you that we have to focus on ourselves and improve our lives before trying to get an ex back! good luck 
Same with me, the mornings are the hardest… ive been waking up every night around 4-5 in the morning and my heart just starts hurting. It usually takes me a long time to fall back to sleep if i can at all.
But i have to admit to myself that i just want my ex back. I have this huge void in my life now and dont know how to fill that time. ive been working out like crazy and getting in really good shape but at the end of the day i just want my ex back. and hanging out with my friends seems worthless… all they do is go to bars and they dont really understand how badly im being affected by my breakup. When i started dating my ex, i realized that going to bars till 2am was pointless for me. and i dont want to go back to doing that… it feels fake. I want something real.
and i dont know if its cause im recently broken up but i feel that finding someone to fall in love with and spend time together is the only thing in this world that i truly believe in.