I have a question about Heartbreak?

No such thing. It changes depending on how much you cared, your sensitivity, how long it takes for you to move on amongst other things that vary from person to person. If you’re in such a situation now there will be people who tell you coldly to “just get over it” but sometimes that just doesn’t happen.
Just remember that you got along before being with this person and you will do it again someday. I don’t know about rebound relationships, something like that would make me feel like i was using the person, but sticking with friends is one thing that helped me hugely.

It depends on how quickly you want to move on. I believe it’s better to just sit with the grief until you know you can move on…when you feel ready…but that’s not easy..not many of us can sit with pain without wanting to fix it.

i was with someone for 6 years…i know its not that long….its been almost a year since we split, and i still get a pang in my heart when i think about him. but it was about 4 months for me to start functioning again like befor i met him. i also think it all depends on the relationship, houw it ended and why…. everyone is diff, the thing that helped me the most tho was ridding myself of anything that reminded me of him or us. it was incredibly hard but it really did help me heal faster…i had one rebound and it killed me i dont know how ppl can do that, but all in all sorry to say but i think it takes quite a long time.

There can be no average, because every person and every romance is different. It depends on so many factors:

How deeply you loved.

What the break-up was like.

Your previous life experiences.

Whether and how soon you meet someone else appealing.

etc.

There is no average. People are all different. Sometimes it can last forever, sometimes it’s over in a day, most times it’s between those two polar opposites.

I agree with @Marina, there is no average amount of time for getting over someone, there are too many individual factors to consider.

It has been 8 months and I am just starting to get over it.
If she called me right now, I would probably go back to squair one.

It’s hard man, love is crazy! If the love was really deep then it takes at least a few months to get into a new groove by yourself…......safe to say it changes you forever though, in a good way even if it’s hard to tell. The only way to open your heart to new love is to forgive and move on taking it all as growth and life. Rebound stuff is generally horrible and pointless, maybe takes the edge off of loneliness or something…....better to dive into your own life and goals.

Yet when you lose a love one like in the death of a child, or close personal friend, why would that pain ever even fade. I mean, that kind of grief, ache, whathaveyou, seems to stay forever as it should, right? Yet we seem to build on past love’s and get better at it. I use to be sort of reckless, I’d crawl into a bottle, and obsess, or be totally callous, hey I think I’m human.

Yes and being human means being able to, if just to survive.
To find a way to move on.

I heard once that it usually takes the average person half the time you were together to be almost completely healed (ex. with a person for 3 years it is supposed to take about 1½ years to get over it) I think this is bullshit. I was with a guy for 2 years and I was over him in a month. I was with another guy for only a month and it has been months and I can’t get over him. I had a much stronger connection with him then the guy I was with for 2 years. I think it depends on if you truly loved and cared for the person, the strength of the connection and if you still remain healthy in your relationships with others because these are the people who will support you and help you through your heartache.

Summary: It just depends on the relationship and yourself but eventually your heart wont hurt so much. How long it takes though no one knows.

The average time is around 9 months, four days and five hours. I could give you the minutes and seconds, too, but I don’t think precision is what you’re looking for.

There are so many factors involved. Who broke up with whom? How long were you together? How intense was the relationship? What other life circumstances are going on (job changes, moving, deaths in family, etc).

It also depends on your personality, too. Are you the kind of person who can throw themselves into work to distract yourself? Are you outgoing? Do you have a lot of friends to go out with? What is your support system like? Are you generally pessimistic or depressed? Do you think positively? Do you believe you can get yourself back on track, or do you feel totally stuck? Do you mope around, enjoying feeling sorry for yourself? Do you have a falsely cheerful upbeatness that covers over your real feelings?

The thing is that heartbreak totally sucks. If someone you love dumps you, it’s worse. It’s more worse depending on how long you were together, and the reasons for the breakup.

It’s a grieving process. I forget all the steps—denial, bargaining, etc., etc. It takes as long as it takes. I think it’s best to do it fully. Not hiding from it, or any aspect of it, yet also not wallowing in it. Get all the support you can. Take responsibility for getting better, but don’t push it falsely forward.

Is this hypothetical or real? If real, are there more details?