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Heartbreak is the main reason I had the idea to start this website. I was going through a separation in late 2020 and needed an outlet to process my emotions and thoughts about love and relationships. At the time I wasn’t quite ready to be 100% transparent — I was also trying to be respectful for my ex-wife’s privacy — so I wrote under the pseudonym Sammy R. Heartbreak was the fuel that drove me to write And the Truth Will Set You Free, a short narrative about one of the last days I spent with my wife in NYC. Read it; it’s utterly heartbreaking.
I don’t need to summarize what heartbreak can do to a person. You all know. You’ve been there. But this doesn’t mean there’s nothing to talk about. Many of us like to squirrel away our emotions and feelings, because they can be seen by society as a weakness. But what usually happens? They manifest in gross ways that affect future (potential) relationships.
Everything will be OK in the end; if it’s not OK, it’s not the end.
~ Anonymous
Everything we go through in life is necessary to be the person we are today. Lessons abound everyday if we choose to look at them that way. That is what makes a person “conscious.” It sure feels shitty at the time, but can you have faith that, in the end, it will be OK? Can you look back at previous heartbreaks and recognize that it was the best thing to happen? For you? For your ex-partner? For people around you? How do we keep that in mind while suffering heartbreak? What other forms of heartbreak do we experience?
Is heartbreak even necessary? Why do we hold on so much? Is it fear? Of what? Clearly there are lots of questions, and the answers will be different for everybody. But here it is: It unites us, it makes us human, it drives empathy and compassion. We are never alone.
Submissions call (deadline April 27)
As usual, we’re asking our readers to send in their stories of “heartbreak” — the topic is wide open, it need not be about a romantic relationship. Maybe it’s about death; maybe it’s about a job you really, really wanted but didn’t get. How did it affect you? How did you get over it? What did you learn from it? Maybe you’re suffering heartbreak right now. It can be therapeutic to write about it. Feel free to send it in anonymously, if that’s what feels right to you. If you don’t mind us using your name, include a link to your website if you have one.
As a guideline, they should be around 200-400 words long, but don’t worry if it’s longer. And don’t worry if you’re not a “writer” — all we’re looking for are honest, true, raw, and real stories. Write in whatever manner you want — prose, poetry, stream of consciousness — and send them to carlo [at] gmail [dot] com. We’ll be publishing the stories at the end of the month.