how did you overcame your broken heart??? did time healed your heart???

@abj163 (1037)
India
July 27, 2010 6:50pm CST
hello mylotters.....i know maximum of you were in love at a specific time and some of them are heart broken......so at that time how did you managed your life....how did you overcame that depression,stress......did u read some books...or just got healed by time????
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• China
4 Aug 10
I put myself into the business and make myself don't remand of it. I can get back from the depression quickly.
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@akiramee (30)
• Philippines
1 Aug 10
Yes, almost everybody experience how to be broken-heart. There are so many ways to overcome a broken heart.Yes, by reading books is a way to make yourself busy to avoid the thought of being broken-heart. But be sure that you are not reading romantic novels that could make you remember your past love life. Try to read sports magazines, readers digest, christian books, if you are christian,he he. Or go join a camp with a group of single friends. You can also talk to friend who undergone same situation with you, the one that you think could understand your current situation. Just make yourself busy. You can even spend your time with your family, hang out with them. Or join a community organization like Singles for Christ and others.Go to Church. Help the people.
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@samson1967 (7414)
• India
27 Jul 10
Heart is very fragile like chinaware, once broken can be mended, but the scratches always there!!! only god can heal the broken heart, if we seek his help.
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
Very well said. God is the only one who can truly mend our broken heart. He is the only one who can fill the void in our hearts. God is the lifter of our heads. He is our Great Healer.
@besthope44 (12123)
• India
14 Dec 10
True, Heal of a broken heart should be loved more..heart has to be given an heal, a peace and support. To focus on a different activity, work and giving heart a time to rest itself out of all sorrows.
@jerikjames (1041)
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
Yeah, I've been through a devastating heartbreak and I can say that time did heal my heart. I guess it's because with time, you'll learn to accept why things happened and you'll be able to forgive yourself and the person who hurt you. Time also helps you understand that everything happens for a reason. For me, acceptance will lead to understanding and through understanding will you be able to heal.
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
Very well said and very profound. I agree with what you said about acceptance and forgiving yourself. The most difficult person to forgive is oneself. It is also difficult to accept the fact that you also committed a mistake while you were in the relationship, especially if you knew how much you invested in it just to make it successful. The two factors to get healed quickly are acceptance and forgiveness. It is difficult but not impossible.
28 Jul 10
It may not feel like it but time is on your side :). It took me a year to get over my ex after she left me. I couldn't do anything I would just sit in the dark in my room. I was really depressed and didn't do anything and failed my exams. My life was really messed up but I gave myself time. Eventually I had enough and would start searching on the internet 'how to get over your ex'. I sort of helped but didn't solve the issue - just made it a bit easier to cope with. You can't really just 'get over' something. But you can help ease the pain. I suggest you don't isolate yourself, that's what I did and I kind of regret it because I know my friends could have helped me more. If you have close friends / family you could share your thoughts with them. Read other articles on getting over someone. Don't listen to music that will remind you of them, I know the beat may be good or whatever but just avoid love songs. Treat yourself to things, go cinemas I know you may feel like something is missing but you'll have to bear with those feelings for the time being. Spend time on your hobbies and concentrate on keeping busy. Don't try to contact the person and make sure there is 0 contact between you. This definitely sped up the progress for me after I realised it's what I should do. Also try and meet other girls but don't get together with anybody just yet, enjoy being single for the time being. Meet and get to know others before you advance in anything. This is probably THE BEST way to get over someone - to concentrate on someone else. Right now I've been quite happily single for nearly 2 years now after a year of hell! Whatever happens good luck my friend :)
28 Jul 10
Oh nuts I misread the thread how embarrassing! :P Anyway these are the tips I learnt through my process of healing :)
@visijay32 (447)
• Philippines
9 Aug 10
Frankly speaking, it is one of the most difficult thing to do - how to appease a broken heart. A broken heart also meant a broken soul. Depression did hit me when my first girlfriend broke up with me. I felt like dying inside. Everything was "dark". However, I did not seek out new relationship immediately even though my friends and family would introduce me to a woman, because it would be unfair for her or for any girl if I pursue the relationship; they will just be there to fill the void left by my ex which is not a true relationship. I put up a small business (convenient store), then I took up a course to become a licensed teacher. I refrained from listening to sad songs, I went to places, talked to my friends and family (in other words I communicated with them again), I work, met new people and eventually met my new girlfriend. Time healed my wounds. From time to time, her image would pop into my mind but the feelings are no longer there.
@lyzabelle (1668)
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
When you feel pain because of broken heart...you can always fine do many ways how to lessen the pain. You can go to shopping, having fun with friends and find another person to love. But the end of the day when you are alone...the pain will always be there to haunt you. The best thing to do is that let pain take it's course. Just accept the pain all of it and bear it like a grain of salt because one day it will grow tired pestering you. And eventually it will heal itself. You can't change anything just go along with the flow.
• United States
8 Aug 10
The heart is a funny thing. It is broken into a million pieces one day and the next it is as if nothing really happened. Trying to heal a broken heart is dependent on how willing you are to let go of the relationship. If you aren't ready to let go, it will not heal. If you make the decision to move on, which is what I finally did, you will find that you heart heals much faster. I tend to hold onto things for a very long time. It doesn't nothing but harm me in the end. However, once I let go, I realize that I am much better off without the person that broke my heart in the first place. You start to look back on things and realize that things weren't really as wonderful as you like to believe they were while you were in the relationship and look for reasons that it is good to be out of the relationship. Chances are you won't have to look too far. The bad things about the relationship begin to overshadow the good things until you finally realize there are much better things out there for you.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
I learn something from broken heart, anger helps a lot. I didn't mean,you have to hate the person. What i mean is,feeling angry to the person who caused you broken heart will easily help you to overcome with the pain. But,do not let the anger become hatred. Be angry with the person,and think all the negative sides and you will find yourseld smiling for being a fool loving that person (don't look like crazy hehehe) Consider the person as the ugliest and meanest...surely after a day or so,you are able to cope up with that broken heart. Seriously,it is not that easy,just accept the truth and think that,letting go is the best way of making that person feel how much you love him/her. It takes time to heal a broken heart,but surely,you can moved on and find the right one.
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
i had been broken hearted for twice already and although i overcame it both and able to move on, i still carry the scars, in my spirit. it was not easy,to all those feelings of depression and bewilderment, where did i go wrong? what have id one to deserve the pain? well, i went through all that, plus all the sleeplessness nights, and the never ending tears.. Time healed my wounds but it is because i was able to accept reality and open myself to other things aside from moping and thinking about my hurts. i went out with my friends after my tears dried up from constant crying (lol), and engages in handcrafts and writing. I entertained myself when my friends and family are not around and i let it sink in within the deepest recessess of my brain that life is like that and i have the choice to accept it, live with it and get on with my life or end it all.. well, i chose to live and move on and give myself another chance at love..
@rhodzptc (1317)
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
Actually even time did not heal the pain that cause my heart to be broken. I'ts almost 8 years now but still the pain are still here in me but I don't look back to it anymore I'll just keep saying to my self that i need to let it go.
• Malaysia
31 Jul 10
There are many things to do to help with a broken heart. Some are healthy and others are not. It really depends on the person. you have to allow yourself to hurt in order to allow the healing to begin. To deny your feelings, is to deny who you are. At first it is very hard to deal with a broken heart as i'm sure you know. I think what you need to do is ask yourself if you did everything you could in the relationship to keep it from ending. If the answer is yes, then it was out of your control all along. Acceptance of this is your first step, the heart ache will get better day by day. If you feel like the heart ache is more than you can bear at times, find a healthy distraction. Go hang out with friends. They will help get your mind off of your hurt. Friends are great that your feeling on paper. This is great way of getting your feeling out there. Find a friend to lean on and tell them your feelings. If they are a good friend, they will listen to you and give you advice from their own life. Or they could give you some objective ideas that you can't think of right now because of the frame of mind you are in.
@ashton77 (292)
• India
28 Jul 10
It was a difficult phase for me to move on after ending a 7 years relation. I was habituated to having her around me. When things didn't work out between us, we had to let each other go mutually. I would sit all day long thinking about her and remembering her. It was too difficult for me to go through it. However she gave me the reason to forget her. Within 25 days of our separation she moved on and got into relation with someone else. I was shocked at first but then I began to ask myself so many question. I thought that she never thought about me the way I used to. Finally I decided that if she can move on with her life then what the least I can do is remember her. I didn't think about her much and slowly I got better. Even today I remember her but I don't let my emotion take over me. Overcoming is a hard phase but don't worry we all will do it.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
28 Jul 10
Hi abj! It is true that as they say "time heals all wounds", especially those of a broken heart! When you are getting over a broken heart it feels awful, like you are never going to get over it and you are never going to be happy again and you feel like you have nothing left in your life to live for...Well, I've had my heart broken so many times and I am living proof that you DO GET OVER IT! Sometimes it takes longer than other times, but you do get over it and move on to the next! After my last "broken heart" I swore I would never get involved again, and then it just "happened"! My bf and I have been together for 3 years now, and we are more best friends than head over heels in love, but we live together and it works! We have our "issues" and are trying to work through them, but that's another story! But, I had no problem being "alone" and you have to be alright with yourself before you can be in a relationship. If this one I am doesn't work out, I am done because I am getting to old for the "BS", but you are young and will keep bouncing back, believe me, you will!
• India
28 Jul 10
Hi, Time can heal everything. Some loss are irreparable, but as time goes the pain becomes bearable. I've written an article on 'How to survive a break up'. I think you should read that http://www.wikinut.com/how-to-survive-a-break-up/z1.q0bmr/f2x_t7lc/ Though time absolutely heals everything, we can't just leave that entirely on time. We need to actively participate in this healing process. We, with our mental capacity, should assist ourselves in getting over broken heart. There are certain phases that are quite inevitable. I've mentioned them in that article of mine. Its just that they rarely follow any rigid sequence. They may even occur simultaneously. Sometimes overcoming physical attraction helps us a lot. You will find some related articles in my profile. Thanks for starting this wonderful discussion. God bless you
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
I have had a broken heart before and it was so hard for me to overcome it. My first boyfriends dumped me for some reason and I spent months crying and was able to recover for 3 weeks of not crying and after that no more. When I think about how I handled it before, I think I was so stupid. lol I cried over someone like him. Now that I am married, I could laugh at myself for doing that before and imagine how young and stupid I was. I thought it was love of course but I was totally wrong and I am definitely grateful I didnt end up with that boy.
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
My heart broke 2x before I met the wonderful man in my life now. It's hard to go through the process of healing. Reading The Sacred Book helped me to go through the emotional stress. I went out with friends and engaged in activities that I really love to do. Like singing, watching sports games like, basketball, volleyball and attending musical presentations. I don't stay home alone. It doesn't help when to stay at home and mope.
@pirate451 (152)
• India
28 Jul 10
I think most of they are fall in this category and same as to me also.I manage myself by going with friend to talk with them and chitchat with them like wise I had did but is difficult to control our mind which it cause such a intense reaction that many of us feel our lives has been completely blind and stripped of meaning.Loves make person to pain and sorrows.Yeah I rated some book and as well as it happen for me also.For few day I was sit with cell phone and messages to write but it doesn't work and I forgot about that.Our dream has make nowhere.As saying goes "one goes thousand come" but is difficult to do that and is better to stay alone.
@cajimenez (452)
• Philippines
28 Jul 10
Just cried till there's no tears.. Then Life goes on.... Grin and bear it..