How to Get Over a Broken Heart? – The 5 Stages of Recovery

March 9, 2010 5:48 pm | Uncategorized

Heartbreak due to breakup happens to every man from time to time.  Whether or not you’re experiencing this misery now, you should read this article so you’ll know how to get over a broken heart. Directly after a breakup, it’s hard to imagine that there’s any good reason to go on living. The five stages outlined here have guided many men to recovery from heartbreak, and they’ll help you too, so that eventually you can get back to dating! The intensity of the pain you’re feeling will have a great impact on how long you find yourself at each stage of this process.

Stage One: Recognizing that it’s really over

You’ve got to admit it to yourself and accept it – she’s gone and the relationship is over. She’s not around for you anymore – not in person, and not on the phone. In some ways, this is even worse than your lover dying, because when she leaves you, a whole part of you is gone, just as if she died, but then you see her walking around, or even worse, with someone else.  You start thinking again about that last day you were together and she told you that she was breaking it off, and you can’t get it out of your head, and your heart breaks again . . . yet you’ve got to accept that she’s gone and it’s over, and only then can you think about moving on to Stage Two. They say that time heals all wounds, and nowhere is this more true than in dealing with a broken heart. Every day that goes by, every morning that you see the sun shining outside your window, brings you closer and closer to the recognition that your girl is gone, your relationship is over – yet you’re still alive.

Stage Two: Let yourself grieve

You’ve finally accepted the facts – she’s gone for good.  You feel an oppressive sense of loss, and you may feel like crying.  Go ahead – it’s a natural and normal response to tragic loss, and it will help relieve some of the emotional pressure that’s built up.

Stage Three: Outrage

There’s a good chance you’ve been feeling angry with her all along, because when she walked out on you she ruined the relationship you’d worked so hard not only to build, but to maintain.  She abandoned you, and in doing so forced you both into separate lives again.  The only thing is, you can be upset with her, but you cannot take it out on her.

Stage Four: When can you start meeting women again?

If you’re thinking it might be time to start stepping out and meeting people again – especially women – your emotions have to be pretty much back to normal.  The sorrow you feel for the loss of your relationship should be no more than the sorrow you feel for a close friend or parent who died years ago.  As for your anger, that’s also got to have subsided.  If you’re still angry, there’s a good chance you’ll take it out on a new woman you meet. You know the old proverb, “There are plenty of good fish in the sea.”  A walk through any suburban mall at any time of the day will confirm that!  And of all the women you may see there, so many are looking for some special man they can be close with, someone they can share their lives with.

Stage Five: At long last, freedom

Finally, you’ve freed yourself from the emotional bondage to the failed relationship. Now you’re experiencing something new – real freedom.  Not only are you free of the ties to the failed relationship, you’re also free of the terrible anger you felt for your ex.  Instead, you feel as if you can soar among the clouds, and if you hear news of her, well, it’s interesting, but it doesn’t affect you.  And you’re not feeling conscience-smitten when you talk with another woman, or ask her out. At Last, you’ve moved on  You’re no longer mired in anguish over something in the past, you’re full of expectation and excitement over all the wonder and joy that life has to offer.  Get on out and enjoy!

If you found this article helpful and would like to learn other ways to help you through your breakup, check out How to Get Over Heartbreak, Handling a Breakup, and Ex Squared System Review.

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