Ah, television. It is there for you when you need, like, 30 minutes of zero brain activity; it supplies a constant source of TV character friendship; and it always shows you that someone's life is more dramatic and heartbreaking than yours -- so you should always feel blessed. 

But with a television obsession, comes the inevitable dark times of your life where your TV show has gone on a break. This break is almost as bad (and maybe worse) than your significant other asking you to go on a break. What comforts you the most is that you know your show will eventually come back on the air and give your life meaning, once again. With spring just around the corner, more and more shows will be coming back for a new season, and that probably has you feeling all the feels. 

So, here are the stages of waiting for a new season of your favorite TV show.

Anguish fills your body when you check Hulu and realize that there was no new episode this week. 

Then, you frantically start Googling when it is going to come back on because you need the next episode. 

You finally find the spring premier date and try to calm yourself down.

You pencil the date into your calendar and set three alarms so that you will for sure not miss the new episode. 

After some time has passed, you seem to return to your normal happy self. 

As your show's new season start date gets closer and closer, you become increasingly sure that something big is about to happen. 

You just cannot remember what, and this makes you angry. 

Then you remember that your show is about to come back on, and you must remember what day you need to tune in.

You find it written down from what seems like years ago, and you start to get excited. 

You watch the first episode, die of happiness and return to your beloved, normal routine of weekly dates with your favorite TV show.