When you experience any type of heartache it is completely normal to cry. You need to get your emotions out. We know that it is not pleasant to feel pain and sadness but you are human and unfortunately, it is all part of the human experience. It is normal to cry. It is normal to be sad. It is normal to feel pain.

The only thing we ask is that while being sad and feeling the pain that you know that this too shall pass. We know it is a cliché, but it is so true. Hang in there and it will get better. At the time you are going through heartbreak, it feels as if grief will overwhelm you, but it won’t. You will be happy again. You will laugh again. Just have faith that you can get over this hurdle.

We have found that we have learned so much about ourselves through breakups. We are the women that we are today because of the relationships that we had in the past. We are much better partners to our significant others because we have learned so much from our exs. And we have much better partners because we chose not (or it was chosen for us) to end up with our exs.

It is so much easier on this side of the fence. Here’s another cliché that we love…Hindsight is 20/20. Oh, how true that is. We can look back and even laugh at our heartbreak. Although, at the time it felt terrible it led us to the people we are in relationships with now. And that is a GREAT thing!

We want to give you reassurance that the person you are meant to be with is out there and this breakup will help you to find your better half. So cry, be sad, feel the pain but know that this is going to end up being a really good beginning to your next chapter.

What is bereavement? Grief. The end of a significant relationship may cause a grieving process.

Everyone feels grief in their own way. However, there are certain stages to the process of mourning. It starts with recognizing a loss and continues until a person eventually accepts that loss. People’s responses to grief will be different, depending on the circumstances of the loss.

There can be five stages of grief. These reactions might not occur in a specific order, and can (at times) occur together. Not everyone experiences all of these emotions:

People who are grieving may have crying spells, some trouble sleeping, and lack of productivity at work.  It may take a year or longer to overcome strong feelings of grief, and to accept the loss.

Prevention

Grief should not be prevented because it is a healthy response to loss. Instead, it should be respected. Those who are grieving should have support to help them through the process.

Friends and family are major sources of help. Sites like this (Broken Heart Rehab) and communities that share the same feelings can bring great relief and accelerate the healing process as well.

It’s like yin and yang. There is sadness and there is happiness. Unfortunately, you cannot have one without the other. Now, I’m a glass half full girl. I believe there is a lot more happiness in the world, you just have to look for it. It takes more effort to find all of the good things in life because bad things seem to permeate a lot of people’s thoughts. And they like to spread their misery. But you have to look for the good. Look for the positive people. Of course, there are times when you will be sad and you need to grieve. But you need to let it all out and let it go. Sitting in grief is not pretty and is not healthy. The reason we write these posts is to let you know you are not alone. And you will get through. It just takes time to mend a broken heart.