Your Guide to Healing from a Broken Heart

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It sucks. There’s no denying it. Maybe the pain feels like it will never end and you feel stupid for thinking that maybe, this time, it wouldn’t end in heart break. You feel alone in your hurting and wonder why it happened, and wonder how things could be different in an alternate universe.

The fact of the matter is, broken hearts are part of the human condition. It hurts, but you can learn to navigate it better.

One day, you’ll realize you haven’t thought about this person for a while, and it will come as a pleasant surprise. You thought you might not make it through but alas, you come out the other side.

And when you do think of the person, your heart will settle on acceptance instead of pain. You’ll be able to sigh and continue on with your day.

Here’s some essential tools to work through your pain and move on with your life.

Grieve

Don’t convince yourself you’re fine and unaffected. It might work for a little while, but eventually it’s going to bubble up and you’re going to snap like a bunch of beatniks at a poetry reading. You’ll drink a couple of glasses of wine too many and find five attempted and unanswered calls on your phone the next morning, and you’ll think fuck, I should have grieved. Ok, maybe you won’t think this, but if you…