What You're Feeling
Heartbroken
Heartbreak is grief for a specific kind of loss — a person, a relationship, a future you'd built your sense of things around. It's disproportionately intense because it usually touches attachment, not just preference.
Common thoughts
- “I don't know how to be without them.”
- “I'll never feel this way again.”
- “What did I do wrong?”
Body sensations
- A physical ache in the chest
- Exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix
- Appetite changes
What helps
- Letting the grief be as messy as it actually is
- Real support, not just distraction
- Time — more of it than feels reasonable
What makes it worse
- Rushing to feel okay on someone else's timeline
- Isolating completely