The good news about the condition doctors are calling the broken-heart syndrome is that it’s reversible—provided the initial shock isn’t too great. ... More Must-Reads from TIME.

Your heart isn't broken forever; it's learning to beat again, at its own pace. Dear person reading this: having a broken heart means you loved intensely, and that's a gift, even if it hurts now.

Study Finds That Time Does Not Mend a Broken Heart. Published Dec 17, 2014 at 11:07 AM EST Updated Mar 10, 2016 at 5:16 AM EST.

That’s what the heart looks like with Broken Heart Syndrome. It isn’t really a ballooning ... We hear about couples passing away within a very short time span of each other. Could Broken Heart ...

What I don’t mind saying is, it was the first time I ever had my heart broken. I’d always been the one to leave relationships, and I had been in long-term relationships, and it was the one ...

Instead, he immediately confessed that he was blackout drunk at the time and didn’t remember. Now sober, he told her, “Oh my God, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry,” which she found liberating.

Because you keep leading yourself on, it's not his fault your heart is broken. Take a look inside and you'll see it's your fault. We can't be mad at someone else because we are stuck on them.

I had always asumed that a broken heart was just a metaphor, a cliché of country music and romance novels. So I was as surprised as anyone to learn last week that doctors now consider it a real ...