How do you deal with HeartBreak??

Cry, talk about it, kick *kitten* at the gym. Have the occasional therapy session with Drs. Ben and Jerry. Keep my eye on the prize. The pain sucks, but is temporary.

Nothing took away my appetite like being dumped. I felt too ill to eat for weeks. It doesn't help when that person who broke up with you feels guilty and won't leave you the F alone so you can get on with your life, though. So if there's any of that going on, cut it out.

I funneled my pain into anger-fueled exercise.

I read this book called "The Power of Now". I am a very emotional person, and the only way to get me out of the funk was to go deep in and find my inner strength. Also grab on to your best friend and just be sad! Don't hide it, don't mask it. Give yourself a "sad allowance" per week...and then move on until you get the next one!. It's silly but it gets you off your butt...I hope it helps :O)

Hmmm... That's a tough one. Everyone grieves in their own way. When I found out my ex of 6 years cheated on me, I cried, didn't eat or get out of bed for about 4 days. Being around people who cared most about me really helped as did seeing a therapist for several sessions. I also did the things I enjoyed most more often. I kept busy and distracted.

I didn't want to live with any regrets, so I asked him to try couples therapy. But, he just wasn't having any of it, so no amount of therapy was going to help. Turns out he was lying to me about many things, and was screwed up in the head but hid it very well from everyone. :indifferent: But I'm happier knowing I did all that I could. I have no regrets.

Now, I have an amazing boyfriend (almost 2 years) who treats me like a princess. We rarely disagree on things. It's the easiest relationship I've ever had and I'm the happiest I've ever been. I just hope I make him as happy as he makes me.

So know, their is someone out there for you. You just need to find that person and you need to be open to finding that person. This means being happy by yourself first. When you're a happy person, people are naturally attracted to you. After I quit grieving and was happy being by myself, I got hit on by guys like crazy with no initiation on my part. It felt really awkward because I wasn't used to so much attention. I hadn't been single for 6 years. You'll get hit on lots too once you're content being by yourself. Look forward and enjoy all the attention you're gonna get.

When you feel better, try signing up for an online dating account. I met my boyfriend through Match.com. Though, I had to weed through a lot of crazies on Match.com, lol. Eharmony did seem to be a little better in my opinion.

I pray you feel less stressed and incredibly happy soon. :flowerforyou:

I actually loose mad weight when I'm super stressed by a break-up or a major trauma like death or illness of a family member. When my brother died I lost over 10lbs in a week. It's good but its not when you get your appetite back.

I workout a lot and try to eat as healthy as possible when this is happening so I wont create the bad habits again!
I know it may be bad but I drink a glass of white wine every few days to take the edge off. NOT EVERYDAY OR EVERY WEEKEND, just like once a week or something.

I dont want to go back to eating like a pig... Did that for a week and it just didnt make me feel better at all... lol How have you deal with a relationship ending? Because all Im doing is stressing out, working out, but stressing out. :brokenheart:

Do something good for yourself that will benefit you instead of something destructive that wont.

Realizing its the BEST thing for you! let it go and move on...you are awesome...and will only learn grow from this my man!!
Kristian Rocco nyc

I lose weight, because I'm too miserable and sick to my stomach to even think about food. Music helps a little.

If you do the keep busy route to distract yourself I would suggest volunteering for underprivileged somewhere - nothing makes you feel better about your life than seeing how much worse it could be and the lift from helping someone is like no other.

Ranger up and hit the gym big man. You'll be all sorts of good in a few weeks. We've all been there!

This.

Exercise can be a cathartic outlet for a lot of emotional energy. Just be careful you don't overdo it while you're channeling the rage and hurt into making your body more awesome than it already was.

I have no idea. And when you find out please let me know.

I focused on myself. Getting to know myself all over again.

Just break up and move on.

Take care of yourself first and foremost... eating away the pain will only hurt you more. Allow yourself to feel the hurt, and then realize that you are going to be just fine without them. Then, start rebuilding your life one step at a time. Falling always stinks.. but getting back up and being better is always a good thing! Good luck to you!!

Ranger up...

I am stealing this phrase.

As far as heartbreak, I rationalize everything. If he/she/it were good for me, he/she/it would care about me and still want to be in a relationship with me. He/she/it no longer wants to be in a relationship with me, therefore he/she/it is no good for me. If he/she/it is no good for me, I do not want to be around him/her/it. I might be mildly annoyed that he/she/it beat me to terminating what was obviously an unproductive relationship, but I would feel like that was a failure on my part to correctly evaluate the relationship. And just like that, heartbreak disappears in a puff of logic, and I am left with only a small sense of intellectual inadequacy. Good riddance to bad rubbish!