How to Cure a Broken Heart

Has your lover broken your heart? Here are a number of ways to help cure it and bounce back. You don't have to silently suffer.

1. Just like learning to ride a bicycle, if you fall off, get back on and try again. Of course, your goal should not be to fall in love with the first person that is interested in you, but get back into the dating scene as soon as you can. You won't be home crying yourself to sleep, and you will be having a good time instead.

2. Join a support group with others who have had a similar break-up experience and see if you find them compatible to talk to. You might gain a lot of insight through them.

3. Curl up and read a good book. Not necessarily a romance novel, but a book that will teach you something. Make it non-fiction.

4. Accept the good memories you've had with your mate and don't dwell on the bad times or the recent separation. Negative thoughts of the past will be unpleasant and only make you unhappy. Work on letting go of the past so that you can start looking forward to the future.

5. Don't keep your love letters or any trinkets or reminders that your ex gave you. Store them away instead of throwing them away, in case there may be reconciliation in the future. But try not to hold onto that hope.

6. Playing beautiful music will soothe your soul and make you feel better, but don't play the music you and your loved one enjoyed together, or that were your songs. Try a different type of music that you normally don't like.

7. Stay in touch with a trusted friend and confide in that person. If he or she is a true friend, they will listen to you and not make judgments, or talk about you behind your back.

8. Write down your angst in a private journal and write in it every day. See how much better you feel with each passing day. Time will heal your broken heart if you let it.

9. Forgiving that person and letting go of your anger will help you to cure your own broken heart. But don't expect too much of yourself. Accept that forgiveness will take time.

10. Don't think just because you have been hurt once, you will be hurt again and especially, don't make the next person suffer because you are suffering now. That doesn't help anything and probably will only make you feel worse in the long run.

11. If you have a spiritual belief, prayer for help with your broken heart will help in the healing process. It is common to feel betrayed in your time of need. But this is not the case and your faith will make you feel stronger and more able to handle what you are going through.

Following the above tips, will hopefully help you cure your broken heart. Know that in time, you won't feel so devastated and you will be able to move on.