How do you fix a broken heart?

Time. As hard as it is, only time can heal the heart <3

AND Puppies!!

Remember that no matter who comes and goes in our lives, we are worthy and lovable just for being, and that the decision someone might make on whether or not to remain in a relationship with us has no bearing on our true worth.

You will feel better. It will just take time. It will help to do some exercise, and honestly, spend a few minutes each day to just breathing deeply and focus on the breathing. If you are breathing, then you know you’ll survive.

((((((HUGS!!!!!!))))))

Don’t try to stop it. Acknowledge it, embrace it, cry until there is are no tears left inside you, then let it go. And always remember, hope is yours, nothing – no pain, fear, heartbreak, word, or act can ever take it from you.

It will get better.

Time will help you. If you are completely unable to cope, shaking, not sleeping, unable to function, get some Xanax for a few weeks so you can feel more physically in control. Let your friends help you by being with you and listening to you. I know how painful it is, but I promise you will feel better. Don’t get discouraged if it takes months. Most people in relationships that long take a good 4 to 6 months to feel better, but you do get better.

You are not truly alone- there are millions of people who have gone through the exact same horrible pain and come out fine on the other side.

It’s ok to feel sad. Heartbreak is part of the human experience. Give yourself some time to wallow- rent sad movies, call in sick and stay in bed, cry to your mom or whoever will listen, eat ice cream. Then set a date to stop. Exercise, enroll in a class to meet people, go to counseling, get a kitten… It’s hard, and it takes work, but life will get better.

All the above, plus I like the puppy idea. Animals provide great companionship and are loving.

First, do not let your despair overwhelm you. Life is worth living even if it does not feel like it right now.

Second, you have to come to grips with the fact that you cannot actively do anything to fix your broken heart. You have to just go through the natural grieving process.

Time is your friend. You have to wail and cry and scream out your frustration and anger to the walls of your house.

You have to think about the good memories and think about the bad memories.

Then, and only then, will you begin to find peace. Think hard about volunteering somewhere. You wil be taken out of yourself for a time, and you will be reminded that life is worth living and that there are worse things that could have happened in your life (even though it does not seem like it right now).

Take care of yourself. Be good to yourself.

Duct tape.

@JLeslie They left me

@Siren I cant. My parents wont let me get a puppy, plus I’m moving into a apt next year that doesnt allow animals.

Time

@Shield_of_Achilles I realized I misread your question, I just changed my answer above. I had first read it that after 5 years you still feel in despair, but it was not that they left you 5 years ago, it was that you were together for 5 years. Sorry for my mistake.

@Shield_of_Achilles Aside from moving to your own apartment, are you starting a new job or college? These are exciting things that will change your life if you let them.

I hope that by sharing this with you you’re able to take something from it. I’ve had this book since I was seventeen, and I read it when I’m feeling sad, lonely, frustrated, overwhelmed… I always feel better and more optimistic when i read parts of this. This is from The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran:
Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.”
And he answered:
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that hold your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
When the treasure-keeper lifts you to weigh his gold and his silver, needs must your joy or your sorrow rise or fall.

I would say time heals the heart.

@Trillian Life will get better. And your right, good and bad are not things that can exist without each other. For they are comparisons of themselves and each other at the same time.

Life goes on. And so must I.

Im sorry?

@loiyujhdduehf I was gonna say I know those words, but not in that order… but I don’t.

“How do you fix a broken heart?”

By filling the void with a new one.

@ElleBee I’m gonna have to agree with you here.

Puppies.

Fuck The Pain Away

@RareDenver You are my favourite person for the day.

@daemonelson glad I could brighten a day

fish? hampster?

You can patch it, but it never fully heals.
Your always left with a scar.
My question to you would be, would you give up the memories you have for a new heart?

Don’t listen to the bullshit about finding someone else quickly, or screwing around to try and block out your pain.

@Pazza No, i wouldnt. I loved them with everything i had.

With Lurve Glue.

If you want to mend a broken heart, you might as well try to stop the rain. A broken heart is a sign of sensitivity.

You are worthy of love, and will find it again. I was 39 and rebounding form yet another broken heart when I met the woman I love; and that was 23 years ago. Don’t give up hope.

Time heals all wounds, and beer numbs the pain in the mean time.

@LKidKyle1985 beer numbs the pain but Sorrow Floats

@daemonelson : hehe thanks <3

@LKidKyle1985 Single-malt scotch and valium numbs it even better. @Shield_of_Achilles I feel your pain, we were separated by death two months ago. It was all I could do to not put the pistol to my head and follow her right away. I feel no better today, but I am still indifferent as to what happens to me. Right now, I’m just taking it a day at a time and hoping that my mind will get straight enough to see a future. Just put one foot in front of the other, troop.

Interventional cardiology.

Whoa stranger – that’s rough. I didn’t know.

Time has never failed me. It just never seems to work while it’s working.

A lost parent, sibling, or spouse can leave a scar. My dad died when he was young. I didn’t think it would affect me as much as it did.

I’m not a good reference point though – pretty screwed up to start with.

I just try to help others till my time comes.

Time.

Get on with your life even when you feel like you do not want to get on with it. Give yourself the time and the leave to cry.

This too shall pass.

When the heart understands why people need to let go, it will eventually stop asking why it has stopped beating.