Healing a Wounded Heart l Tips on Living Life Again l Happiness Can Be Yours

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Broken heart syndrome is very real. It's an emotional distress that can cause a heart attack. It's also called stress-induced cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, and it can strike even if you’re healthy. According to the American Heart Association, women are more likely than men to experience sudden intense chest pain. Stress hormones flood the body where there is a shock from a divorce, death or any tragic event. "In broken heart syndrome, a part of your heart temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump well, while the rest of your heart functions normally or with even more forceful contractions," AHA reported. When we allow people into our lives, we take a risk that it will end in heartbreak. It doesn't matter if you are the one breaking it off or the one that was discarded, pain is something hard to deal with. In many instances when people are struggling with wounds, there's a tendency to stuff the hurt or hide it in order to persevere. As you will find out, the results of this will never achieve a way out. Open the door to find peace after your heart was wounded and obtain liberty once again.

Face the Pain

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One of the greatest pains in life is suffering from a loss of any kind. As mentioned, we rather not face the pain because emotions are running raw. The problem is people will live their misery over and over again because they're not dealing with the uncomfortable sensations. You need to break the cycles of wrongful habits and every time you deny them, you recreate the pain. Hypnotist Paul McKenna and psychotherapist Dr. Hugh Willbourn suggested: "If you obsess about your ex, and feel unhappy all the time, it's likely that your unconscious mind is switching on your emotions in exactly the same way." Start pushing yourself through the pain and the light will come back on. If you don't, it's like being fastened in time.

Reject Harmful Thoughts

Take a break from the battlefield and replace thoughts or emotions for something more advantageous. Your thoughts could be causing you to lose hope and when this happens, the game is over. Think of a favorite song or read a magazine. Whatever you do, distract yourself from the monotonous thoughts. The Bible is full of relationship advice and if you listen for God’s voice, He can replace adverse ideas with His. By bringing Him into your mind, you are more likely to experience a freedom in this area. Pope Francis indicated that the church is like a "Field hospital after battle." Don’t forget to talk with God, and to spend time in His Word to defeat the torment inflicting pain in the heart. He can reassemble what was lost, so don't give up.

Deal With the Rejection

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A wound of the heart can come from a rejection and this can occur from a lover, a friend, from a co-worker or from a family member. A natural response is to withdraw and to cut people out of your life and this makes sense. Just like when we run away from our pain, isolation adds to the agony. Wounds can adjust your trajectory and it can make you stronger and wiser. Consider breaking those connections because we need to move forward and toxic people need to be discarded. Also, change the look of your office, your home and in other areas where you're reminded of the treachery. Yes, it's important to work on our spirit, but changing the environment also plays a part.

Take a Step Back

Start deactivating the situation by stepping back from the circumstances. If you see it objectively, maybe they were poisonous and caused more harm than good. A friend came to discuss how hurt she was after she found that a coworker was spreading lies and this was influencing her work life. In order to deal with it, she turned her thoughts off towards the person and caught the repetitive images about the injustice before they impacted her. Eventually, she decided the place was too virulent and left. But she learned how to deal with opposition a lot better in the future. Finding support to see things more clearly can help you on the way towards wholeness. In this case, talk to friends to help rescue you from the drama and see it from their perceptive.

Examine Your Life

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Examine the areas of your life that are not helping you grow. Maybe the situation or person was more of a burden than a blessing. If it is being around people who have a negative impact in your life, it may be time to reevaluate some of your relationships. In every circumstance see it from God's view instead of from your own vantage point. There is always a bigger picture in the middle of pain. God could use it to serve others and make you a more independent person. But understand that we might never have the answers to our questions. The good news is that your story doesn't have to end on a sour note. When we examine our lives, we can better appreciate the path we're on and change course.