{"id":451689,"date":"2018-01-02T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/02\/lifestyle-how-to-find-happiness-again-after-a-soul-crushing-breakup\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T19:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T19:00:28","slug":"lifestyle-how-to-find-happiness-again-after-a-soul-crushing-breakup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/02\/lifestyle-how-to-find-happiness-again-after-a-soul-crushing-breakup\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifestyle: How to find happiness again after a soul crushing breakup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Tuesday,  2 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Beauty and Tips<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/24666326.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Woman6\" title=\"Black Woman6\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File Photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1514919628_544_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The end of a relationship can sometimes feel like the end of the world. How do you pick yourself up and find happiness again? In this article, Beauty and Tips finds out.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, even those relationships we thought would last forever sometimes end. No matter how high our hopes were, and no matter how much of ourselves we invested in the relationship, things don\u2019t always work out. And when it comes to an end, it can feel as though you\u2019ve lost your limb. You certainly feel like you\u2019ve lost your rock and your future.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that there is hope. People all over the world have suffered heartache and recovered. Moreover, sadness never lasts forever. We all grieve \u2013 it\u2019s an important part of the healing process \u2013 but it eventually comes to an end. No matter how low you are feeling right now, just remember that this will pass. Let\u2019s take a look at how to find happiness after a break up.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Grieve<\/p>\n<p>Grief is an essential emotion that helps to kickstart the recovery period. It\u2019s when we start to grieve that the healing begins. Are you guilty of not allowing yourself the chance to grieve properly? Perhaps you immediately threw yourself back onto the dating scene, or maybe you insisted to your friends that you\u2019re \u201cFine,\u201d despite them offering support and counsel. Ignoring your emotions will only make things worse. Somewhere along the line, all that suppressed grief will rise to the surface and hit you at an unexpected time. Accept the support your friends are offering you. Allow yourself the opportunity to cry. Go for long walks and, write things down in a journal. Let your grief pour out of you.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Forgive<\/p>\n<p>If you feel hurt in the wake of a breakup, and feel as though you were wronged and that certain things happened that shouldn\u2019t have happened, it\u2019s important that you now wipe the slate clean by forgiving and forgetting. Forgiveness is an important part of YOUR healing process. A lot of people tend to see forgiveness as being all about the other person and letting them off the hook. But it\u2019s more about us, and freeing ourselves from negative energy and bad memories. Forgive them so that you can start to mend, this is one of the important first aid tips on how to find happiness after a break up.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Take Good Care Of Yourself<\/p>\n<p>When we experience a bad breakup, it\u2019s easy to be so angry with the world that we can no longer see the point in looking after ourselves anymore. Why should we eat healthily? What\u2019s the point? And so we let ourselves go. We play the victim, wallow in self-pity and loathing, and lash out at ourselves and others.<\/p>\n<p>This is totally the wrong way to react. Playing the victim is the worst kind of punishment you can mete out to yourself at this stage. Your ex-partner may have \u201cabandoned\u201d you, but you\u2019re now abandoning yourself. Your wellbeing matters so much at this point. You need a sound mind and a sound physical body if you\u2019re to get through this. The worst thing you can do is feed yourself the wrong food, sleep too little, and drink and smoke too much. You might think, \u201cWhat\u2019s the point!\u201d but there is a point. The point is that you need you.<\/p>\n<p>You need yourself to stay strong and look after yourself if you\u2019re to get through this and find happiness again. Be kind to yourself. Be your best friend right now. Do the right things. All these tips are very useful when it comes to how to find happiness after a break up.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Don\u2019t Ask \u201cWhat If?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the absolute worst thing you can do after a painful breakup is to ask the question, \u201cWhat if?\u201d What if I\u2019d done this or that? What if I could have forgiven him sooner, instead of holding a stupid grudge? What if I had given him more space? These questions will only torment you. Accept that you did what you did because at the time it seemed like the right call. Learn from your mistakes and move on.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Surround Yourself With Positivity<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most important tips on how to find happiness after a break up. It\u2019s really important to hang out with positive people at any time, but it\u2019s super important that you find the support of positive people when you\u2019ve experienced a bad breakup. It\u2019s well documented that we soak up the energy that surrounds us. If you hang out with negative people, you will absorb their energy like a sponge. After a breakup, this is the last thing you want. Find the right support system. Find people who are going to lift your spirits, make yourself feel better, and show you that it\u2019s possible to find happiness again. Avoid bitter, resentful and mean people. Paying attention to the slime after a bad storm means you\u2019ll find it hard to look up with a clear head. Always look for the rays of sunshine instead.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Practice Kindness<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not always ourselves after a bad breakup, and sometimes we take it out on others. So it\u2019s important that you find ways to be kind and compassionate to others. Practicing simple acts of kindness to others will help you to feel better. It will create lots of positive energy, and will boost your sense of self worth.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Get Physical<\/p>\n<p>In communicational therapy, there is a popular saying: \u201cMotion dictates emotion.\u201d In other words, what you do and what you don\u2019t do can greatly affect your mood. In the event of a breakup, it can make you feel much worse, or it can help you to take the first steps towards recovery. Sitting around doing nothing is not a good idea. You aren\u2019t using any energy, and you\u2019re not not allowing oxygen to pump around your body with haste.<\/p>\n<p>This can keep your mood low. Working out, on the other hand, gets your blood pumping and your oxygen flowing, and this can instantly lift your spirits. Also, it\u2019s natural to lose some confidence after a bad breakup. Working out can help to restore the way we feel about ourselves. If you\u2019re not the biggest fan of exercise, you don\u2019t have to work out. You could go singing or dancing instead. Or maybe you could play a sports!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have other tips on how to find happiness after a break up?<\/p>\n<p>Stay happy!<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Source: Beauty and Tips 2018-01-02 File Photo The end of a relationship can sometimes feel like the end of the world. 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