When the butterflies in your stomach flutter away and the glittering fantasy fades, love that goes awry leads to one of the sh–tiest feelings in the world: heartbreak. Whether or not you have felt the all-encompassing melancholy from someone you have feelings for breaking your heart, the emotions the experience brings are ones that many of us are no strangers to. Loneliness, anger, regret and sadness all take their turns ebbing and flowing during the healing process.
And as much as it sucks to go through in the moment, allowing yourself to feel all of these emotions gets you one step closer to getting over what you might think is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you.
As all uncomfortable life experiences go, a foolproof method of dealing with them is listening to some great music that relates to oddly specific personal situations. This playlist takes you along the life cycle of heartbreak, from the initial hurt and yearning for a person you thought you knew better to lamenting what could have been and the anger that comes with being abandoned. Give it a listen here!