Getting Over a Heartbreak

Emotionally, you’re still very invested in someone that just isn’t there any longer and will most likely never be again. Heartbreak hurts a lot and it’s important to find successful ways to deal with the situation. Following are some of these methods:

Talk to a good friend: Nearly everyone has at least one good friend that they trust enough to pour their heart out to. Go to that good friend and do some shoulder crying while you try to make sense of it all.

Exercise: Believe it or not, activity can make you feel better. Going for a long walk or a run can help you clear your head a bit and get your blood moving again. Calmer exercises such as yoga may also help you come back to yourself.

Call your gay best friend: There’s no one in the world that can make you feel better about yourself than your gay best friend. Call him immediately and take him out. He’ll tell you just how crazy your ex was to let someone like you go and he’ll do all of those comfy things with you like eating a quart of your favorite ice cream while watching a chick flick.

Focus slightly on negative things: One sure fire way to get over a guy that has broken your heart is to remember all of the negative things about him. Somehow it makes things better when you remember how bad his morning breath was or all the gas he had after eating too many bowls of chili. These can start to take away some of your pain.

Focus on what you did right: Don’t think about this as wasted time. There are things that you’ll take away from this relationship that will make you a smarter person in your next relationship. So never think it was a waste of time.

Give yourself enough time to heal: Don’t fight your grief and pain over the situation. If you’re ever going to heal, you need to go through the pain and get to the other side of it. Never try to jump into another relationship immediately. That’s not the way to get over your heartbreak. It’s only a distraction. Once you take the steps to heal, you will and, given enough time, you’ll move on.

When you follow some of these suggestions, you’ll find that your heart can heal and will be better prepared for your next relationship. No one is perfect and it’s not possible to have perfect relationships. However, there will be someone for you that will be better the next time around. The difference will be that when it happens again, you’ll be ready and know if this is the man to give you that happily ever after relationship.

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Emily specializes in individual and couples therapy and relationship and dating advice.

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