text: how can i recover from a broken heart? i cant sleep at night, and i keep thinking of my boyfriend... i'm sorry, really sorry, i know that this is hard.  despite what people may think, when you break up with someone you really care about it is like having to deal with a death of sorts.  perhaps not the deah of a loved one, but the death of the life you were going to share with this person.  and it hurts, and it hurts, and then when you think it might be okay, it hurts some more.  grieving takes time, and there isn't much you can do to quicken the process.  the pain you feel is a natural healing process, although i know those words will do near nothing to console you at the present. but i do promise you that eventually your mind will start to forget some of those little painful details, and you will heal.  you will see joy in the world again.  you will be ready to fall in love again.  but it will take time.   in the meantime, the best thing that you can do is focus on yourself.  you are still there for you, and you know what makes you happy.  build yourself up, do the things you love to do, pursue interests you may not have had time for when you were with him.  enjoy your freedom.  it may not be easy going at first, but self love is the best healing agent around.  so give yourself some love, get out there and hang out with your friends, and take whatever comfort you can in the fact that time will pass, and so too shall the worst of the heartache.