How to fix a broken heart | Guy Winch

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🗓️ 25 December 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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At some point in our lives, almost every one of us will have our heart broken. Imagine how different things would be if we paid more attention to this unique emotional pain. Psychologist Guy Winch reveals how recovering from heartbreak starts with a determination to fight our instincts to idealize and search for answers that aren't there -- and offers a toolkit on how to, eventually, move on. Our hearts might sometimes be broken, but we don't have to break with them.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a special archive presentation of TED Talks Daily.
0:05.4	This TED Talk features psychologist and author Guy Wynch, recorded live at TED 2017.
0:14.0	At some point in our lives, almost every one of us will have her heartbroken.
0:20.5	My patient Kathy planned her wedding when she was in middle school.
0:25.0	She would meet her future husband by age 27,
0:28.5	get engaged a year later,
0:30.3	and get married a year after that.
0:33.3	But when Cathy turned 27,
0:35.4	she didn't find the husband.
0:37.3	She found a lump in her breast.
0:39.3	She went through many months of harsh chemotherapy and painful surgeries,
0:44.3	and then just as she was ready to jump back into the dating world,
0:49.3	she found a lump in her other breast and had to do it all over again. Cathy recovered, though,
0:56.0	and she was eager to resume her search for her husband
0:59.0	as soon as her eyebrows grew back in.
1:02.0	When you're going on first dates in New York City,
1:04.0	you need to be able to express a wide range of emotions.
1:09.0	Soon afterwards, she met Rich and fell in love.
1:11.6	The relationship was everything she hoped it would be.
1:15.6	Six months later, after a lovely weekend in New England,
1:19.6	Rich made reservations at their favorite romantic restaurant.
1:23.6	Cathy knew he was going to propose, and she could barely contain her excitement.
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