How to Fix a Broken Heart (Unabridged)
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4.3 • 60 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Imagine if we treated broken hearts with the same respect and concern we have for broken arms? Psychologist Guy Winch urges us to rethink the way we deal with emotional pain, offering warm, wise, and witty self-help advice for the broken-hearted.
Real heartbreak is unmistakable. We think of nothing else. We feel nothing else. We care about nothing else. Yet while we wouldn’t expect someone to return to daily activities immediately after suffering a broken limb, heartbroken people are expected to function normally in their lives, despite the emotional pain they feel. Now psychologist Guy Winch imagines how different things would be if we paid more attention to this unique emotion—if only we can understand the psychology of love and loss, we can begin to fix it.
Through compelling research and new scientific studies, Winch reveals how and why heartbreak impacts our brain and our behavior in dramatic and unexpected ways, regardless of our age. Emotional pain lowers our ability to reason, to think creatively, to problem solve, and to function at our best. In How to Fix a Broken Heart he focuses on two types of emotional pain—romantic heartbreak and the heartbreak that results from the loss of a cherished pet. These experiences are both accompanied by severe grief responses, yet they are not deemed as important as, for example, a formal divorce or the loss of a close relative. As a result, we are often deprived of the recognition, support, and compassion afforded to those whose heartbreak is considered more significant.
Our heart might be broken, but we do not have to break with it. Winch reveals that recovering from heartbreak always starts with a decision, a determination to move on when our mind is fighting to keep us stuck. We can take control of our lives and our minds and put ourselves on the path to emotional healing and rebuilding self-worth after loss. Winch offers a toolkit rooted in mindfulness and coping skills to help you handle a broken heart and how to, eventually, move on.
Customer Reviews
Helps with the pain
Great advice to get through any breakup. Helps ease the pain and provides hope
Spot on for those of us struggling to move on
Did this book in audio form twice this week and it hits the nail on the head for those of us struggling to move on with w broken heart. After a 19 year marriage to the love of my life, cannot fathom a life without her in it. Its a feeling of hopelessness and loss that seems impossible to cope with. Each day, each hour and each minute are brutal. The Author really focuses on the fact that with physical conditions everyone sees the impact they have on you. With a broken heart and loss they are paralyzing but people cannot see the pain you feel inside. This helps shed light and how we are feeling because we start to feel crazy and blame ourselves and want nothing but for it to go away.