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Going through a Breakup? 7 Ways to Emotionally Detach to Get Through it.
There is nothing worse than a broken heart.
There is nothing worse than a broken heart. The physical, mental and emotional pain can be so intense that sometimes it’s easy to question whether it is survivable.
But I can promise you that no one has ever died of a broken heart and that, sooner or later, the pain will fade, and you will move forward with your life. One key element of doing so is to emotionally detach from what has happened, at least for some period of the time.
Of course, a key part of getting through any kind of pain is to feel the pain, to not stuff it down, but to let it run through your body and then let it go. Stuffing pain down into your body will only trap it there and the pain will only get worse. That being said, feeling that pain all the time will suck you physically and psychically dry so emotionally detaching is an important part of the healing process.
A dozen years of working with clients who are struggling has given me unique insight into what works best to emotionally detach when going through a breakup. Let me share some of those insights now.
