Image via WikipediaYour first step when coping with a broken heart is... allow yourself to grieve. This is the beginning of the healing process. Don't forget, this too shall pass. Trust me, this grief will pass. Give yourself some time to sort matters out. After a few days you should find ways to take your mind off of the grief you're experiencing.
Do Something That Will Take Your Mind Off the Grief
Get in touch with some people you haven't seen in a while or go out with folks from work. It's crucial that you do something. Even if it is something that you've wanted to do but just haven't brought yourself around to doing yet. How about taking that vacation that you’ve been putting off.
Here's low-down, there are emotional stages you will go through following this loss. They will more or less go like this: sadness, anger, denial, hurt, and then acceptance.
Sure, sometimes a relationship ends and it is final. Yes, you will feel as though you'll never be happy again but listen... with time your life gets even better than it was before, although you may not realize this now. Your feelings will change.
Treat the period of time after a hard breakup exactly as if that person had died. Allow yourself time for sorrow, then acknowledge the fact... it's time to move on.
You will need to look after yourself. Changes to your daily routine can help you focus on a new and better life. Join a local fitness program or a church group. Become more active get out there and meet new people.
Volunteer work is always good for the spirit, it will be good for you to deny yourself and help others. We tend to focus less on our own problems when helping others who are really in need. Your life will be different now so instead of living in uncertainty and fear, seize this opportunity with both hands. Who knows, something or someone better may just be over that next hill.
Do you believe that we only have one soul mate in life? Sure, partners who met when they were teenagers and who are still together in their senior years is great. But there are also many other couples that split-up with someone in the past and now have found happiness again.
People change throughout the course of a lifetime. Our significant other will change as well. As a couple we tend to adjust and stay together. But oftentimes relationships don't last a lifetime. One or the other partner will determine that they want something different. You may be heartbroken at first but when it's all said and done you can be just as happy if not happier with someone else.
