My recipe for overcoming a broken heart

[Yavin4]

1. Exercise and eat right
2. Learn something new like a foreign language.
3. Travel

[Aristus]

1. 4. Casual hookup for some hot monkey sex.

5. Repeat until heart is mended.

[Yavin4]

3. Nope.

Think healthy responses.

[Boom Sound 416]

24. Casual hookup with a vegetarian?

[In_The_Wind]

6. 6.

Laugh a lot.

[Vashta Nerada]

9. Actually, all joking aside, that helped me get over a broken heart.

[blueamy66]

12. Yep.

I agree 100%!

[LadyHawkAZ]

14. *applause*

[LynneSin]

2. Tequila and lots of it

Try to avoid the cheap stuff unless you want the massive hangover from hell!

[Yavin4]

4. Alcohol is a depressant

It will make you sadder.

[LynneSin]

18. True but not for the night you are drinking it

[Major Nikon]

27. Cause and cure all rolled into one

[Skittles]

5. help a person in need

[Yavin4]

7. Good one.

Helping others can do wonders for you.

[In_The_Wind]

8. That is the best suggestion!

imo: we often forget our problems while we're helping others. I know I do.

[grilled onions]

21. Volunteering Is A Great Way To Clean Away Bad Thoughts

While one could get angry thoughts,destructive thoughts or even have a pity party it will not improve one's frame of mind. But if you volunteer at a shelter, food pantry,read to seniors at nursing homes,walk dogs at a shelter etc you will realize how many out there have huge problems. Your volunteering may ease their trouble and take your mind off your own.

[Vashta Nerada]

10. I agree with all of those, plus the advice in post #1.

[shenmue]

11. Hug a cat

Or any critter.

Watch old movies.

Take a bath.

Eat ice cream.

[Boom Sound 416]

25. All at the same time

Well maybe not cat part

[kcass1954]

13. I got divorced at 37, and "dated" a guy who was 22 for about 4 months.

It was wonderful!

[Skittles]

19. they are something, aren't they?

[kcass1954]

22. I once heard someone (Susie Essman, maybe) say,

They have no idea what they're doing, but they can do it allllll night.

[Skittles]

23. true dat

takes me back, LOL

[DFW]

31. When I was 21, a 37 year old ballerina offered to spend the night with me

I passed, but always wondered if I had done the wrong thing

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Burn all their stuff on your front lawn.

[Yavin4]

17. That's negative.

Overcoming a broken heart means making your life better than what it was before. It's not about revenge.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. But it feels really good.

[Sherman A1]

16. I believe that you are correct

at least mostly so.

I disagree with the hook-up and tequila suggestions up thread, but to each their own.

[Skittles]

20. meaningless sex and liquor can have some healing qualities

but I would agree that it's best to avoid them when dealing with a broken heart

[politicat]

26. Do things you love.

If you like tinkering, then order a raspberry pi kit and go. If you like baking, make thirty pies and give them away. If your thing is stoner comedies, break out the Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar. If it's dancing or video games or hiking, get to it.

Absorbing activities are a form of loving oneself, and you're the only person you absolutely have to live with, so make sure you're a good companion to yourself. Doing what you love validates you.

[DebJ]

29. Absolutely. Will make you feel stronger and better too. n/t

[Sweet Freedom]

30. Take dance lessons

It's really difficult to think of anything else when you are learning to dance because you have to concentrate on what you are doing. Plus, you meet new people, exercise and listen to music.