This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Ohio U chapter.
So many thoughts are running through your mind. Your heart is aching. You feel lost and confused. You have just been dumped. Every girl goes through this terrible experience at least once, but strangely enough, the post-breakup events for many girls are the same or very similar.

Initially, tears begin to flow. How are you going to live without this person who has consumed every second of your life prior to this moment? Although it feels like it might not, your heart will continue to beat.

The next instinct is to call your mom or your best friend. The crying has yet to cease, but dissing your ex-boyfriend with those closest to you is feeling so awesome. But once you hang up, you find yourself bedridden, and you cannot help but to stuff your face full of chocolate.

After using your roommate’s entire box of tissues (“Sorry, I’ll get you another box soon, I promise!”), you are certain there couldn’t possibly be any tears left. But then. . .

Somehow you are listening to Drake’s new album and all you can think about is how much you miss your ex. When you finally decide to stop torturing yourself with sad music, the girls across the hall decide it is time to blare the latest break-up tune from their speakers.

Now you are singing “I came in like a wre-e-e-e-cking ball!” as loudly as you can in between sobs. As Miley’s words flow through your brain, you begin to feel empowered. Suddenly, you are ripping apart every picture of you and the-guy-whose-name-goes-unmentioned-from-now-on.

You decide it is time to get back on the prowl. You spend the entire Saturday primping yourself. That evening, you feel like a total heartbreaker. You go out with all your friends and are having a great time, when you accidently bump into someone. Nope, it isn’t your ex-boyfriend. It is a total cutie and you two immediately hit it off. Ex-boyfriend who?

The point is, if you feel like your world is crashing down because your boyfriend just broke your heart, don’t let the sadness consume you. Break-ups are natural and eventually you will meet someone else. The misery and loneliness will subside. Keep your head up; there are too many people on your campus, in your city, and in this world to be upset over one silly ex-boyfriend!