In the October issue of the UK's Harper's Bazaar, Liv Tyler opens up about her breakup with Royston Langdon. Her extremely candid interview shows the grieving side of Liv as she admits to struggling through the pain and loss of her five-year marriage. As we all know, breakups can be devastating, but Liv is being brave and facing her reality head on: "I am trying to just let myself feel it. I think you have to mourn and you have to feel that pain."
Although it's much easier to run from your problems, it won't make them go away so I applaud her for taking the high, yet heartbreaking road to her healing process. How do you typically deal with heartache? Are you of the same mind-set as Liv or do you avoid your problems at all costs in hopes that they'll just fade with time?
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Yeah I [kinda] try to do this. My breakup with my last boyfriend was really really HARD. Granted it was 4 years ago and I have a GREAT current boyfriend now but I still think about him from time to time. I faced my pain head on. I was sad for a LONG time, cried ALOT, went shopping like crazy, vented to my close girlfriends, ate a ton of ice cream etc!
Eventually all that crying/being depressed would make me physically
sick to the point that I had a few colds and even the flu and after a few months I [finally] learned to let go of it all and realize that I was probably better off without him.
1that's a wonderful and wise approach to pain. if you deny yourself the pain it will just fester and grow until you REALLY break down. personally I think it's healthier to deal with the pain in the now so that you can start healing sooner rather than waiting for the time bomb to go off.
2I agree with her. You have to feel the pain, if you want to heal your self.
3I agree with Liv. In the long run, I think one would be better off if he or she faces their pain. Psychologically, it's healthier.
4I totally agree with her. In my experience it does me so much good to wallow for a while in the pain or sadness so I can feel it get over and move on. When I try to ignore my feelings I just end up thinking about them more because they don't ahve a way to get out in a healthier way
5The only way out is through.
6I agree with everyone else. And she looks really pretty and happy in that pic by the way.
7In my most recent breakup, I mourned and mourned because I hadn't let go. Seeing a therapist and spending a month in another country helped a lot to "let go". I was hoping my boyfriend would want to reconcile. For nearly a month, I smothered the pain with alcohol and other dangerous things. But I finally went through it very deeply and in a serious way, sobbing and all. It took months. Finally I saw the positive side of my ex (my current state) and despite the horrible things that happened at the end, I realize how much growth we did during the relationship. I now have really different expectations from a partner than I did before, and that's a good thing. It makes me very sad about Liv and her husband - they seemed like a really great couple...
8Just went through a painful break up as well. Pain is pain; feeling is feeling, you can't control it, even though you know he is not good for you, u know it is better off in the long run... It takes time to adjust, especially you thought things were going well on your end... Good thing is human being are very forgetful
9I always try and deal with my problems head on but if it involves other people it never works out. I can do everything in my power to face it but it won't work unless someone else does. I don't really have too many problems with myself that I can't handle. I would never run away from my problems because you aren't going to get away from something that is inside of you.
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