What blocking usually means
In most cases, blocking after a breakup means one thing: they're trying to make the distance real and enforceable for themselves. It's not a punishment — it's a limit they're setting, usually because they know themselves well enough to know that seeing your content or being reachable to you isn't going to help them.
It can also mean they're in a lot of pain and need the contact path to not exist. Pain and anger can look similar from the outside.
What it probably doesn't mean
It doesn't mean they hate you (necessarily). It doesn't mean you did something uniquely terrible (usually). It doesn't mean they've fully processed the relationship and are completely done and think nothing of you.
Blocking is a practical choice, not a final verdict on the quality of the relationship or your worth as a person.
What to actually do
Stop trying to get around it. Creating new accounts, reaching through mutual friends, finding indirect ways to monitor their activity — all of this is more about managing your own discomfort than it is a meaningful path to anything you'd actually want.
Use the block as information: they need distance. Give it to them. Your own no contact just got easier to hold because one of the main temptation points has been removed.
The block closes a door. Open one of yours.
No Contact 40 Days gives you your own structure — a streak, your reasons, a private journal — that has nothing to do with whether they've blocked you.
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Should I unblock them on my end?
Only if you're genuinely okay with them reaching out and want to leave that possibility open. Don't do it as a signal or a tactic — they may not even know.
What does it mean if they blocked me then unblocked me?
It means they changed their mind about the limit they'd set, for whatever reason. It's not an invitation and it isn't clear signal of anything specific — don't read too much into the mechanics of how they're managing their own access.
No Contact 40 Days is a personal-motivation and self-improvement tool. It is not therapy or medical or mental-health advice, and it is not a substitute for professional care. If you're struggling, please reach out to a qualified professional or a local support line.