Weirdly, my answer was to take multiple showers. I’d run in place, go walking, bake in a makeshift sauna under my blanket with a blow dryer, anything to make me sweat so I could take another shower. It’s almost as if I can wash away all the hurt. Of course it didn’t work. What were your?
October 9, 2009 → The Top Ten Unusual Ways To Mend A Broken Heart – Sent in by: Trifler-No-More
- Tyroncaliente – I wrote a 3000-word story overnight in which she was the villain. It got published. Hell hath no fury like a writer scorned!
- TwistedSaint – I look in the mirror ever morning and chant: “I’m beautiful! I deserve better! I’m a phoenix!”
- Azenith – Point your pen at him and shout: “Avada Kedavra!”
- RVincent – For men, beating the stick. And for women, flicking the bean.
- Graciana – Me, I watch Koreanovelas to find a new dream to dream.
- Mr. Isko – I went to a deserted beach and shouted her name. It reminded me of how much we shouted at each other while we were together.
- Maude – I watched the last full show every night for a month or two. By the time I get home, I’m too sleepy to think of anything else.
- Bilogsikath – With every major heartaches I had, I always interpret it in tattoos & put them in the most sensitive part of my body. Now I have 6 of them.
- Remorawr and Twylyt – I get a packet of 3-in-1 coffee and I try to separate the coffee from the sugar from the creamer granules.
- Yen – I go a beach here in Batangas, write his name in the sand, and watch the waves erase it slowly.
- Merski – I go to a beach, get a rock, whisper all my heartaches into it, then throw it as far as a can.
- Faiwypwintheth – To get over someone, get under someone new.
- Shinobi – I hung out with a friend who had a worse break-up. After a day with her, I felt better about my situation.
- Calooney – Pag wala ka nang bf, mag FB ka nalang!
- No name – I hear mass in Quiapo church. It reminds me of how many people are lonely and praying for some comfort.
- TwistdSaint and YñaKì – Ang lunas sa heartbreak ay matatagpuan sa Quezon Ave.
- Glad-Jay-Tor – Post all her ugliest pictures on Facebook.
- Smitten – I got a full body wax.
- Randy Jackstone – Do what my friend did and held a funeral. After breaking up with her bf, she put all of what he gave her in a shoebox & buried it. Some gave eulogies.
- RC and Cess – My friend input the name GOD in his phone with the number 777 and would text that number everytime he needs to vent.
- Mr. Perk – I bought a 1000-piece glow in the dark jigsaw puzzle and I finished it in the dark for 36 hours.
- Euge – Staying on the road, driving, not knowing where I’m going.
- Remorawr – Try and find all the numbers of pi.
- DJ Gambit – Knowing that none my ex’s next relationships lasted really helped a lot.
- Meinard – I try to befriend the person that my ex chose over me and get close with him eventually.
- OoNgaNaman – I drink a venti espresso.
- Humdinger – Kinu-kuwento ko lahat ng hinaing ko dun sa friend ko na bingi.
- Eya – When my dad died, we put his cellphone in his coffin with him. Whenever I’m sad, I text him everything that’s bugging me. I know he won’t answer, but it’s a comfort knowing I can text him anytime.
