Getting Over It: Simple and Science Backed Ways to Deal With Rejection, Loss, and Psychological Pain

We’ve all experienced what can be called psychological or emotional pain. You lose a loved one. A loved one leaves you. You are denied a wonderful opportunity. You fail. Or you just ask someone out for a date and they turn you down.The truth is that for situations like these, the reality really does just suck. There are no simple solutions to making yourself feel better or easy ways to help yourself move on. But science has revealed some simple things that can make life easier. You have to work at them, and they aren’t 100% effective. You will still have bad days. But unlike so many self help solutions, these science based solutions work. There are really only 4 steps that will help you get over emotional pain. I’ve listed them below. The book describes each step in more detail, and it explains how and why to do each one. Step 1: Recognize that your pain is normal. And that you don’t need to overanalyze things. Step 2: Work on thinking about your suffering less.Step 3: Use household pain killers and various supplements to make your brain feel better.Step 4: Work and wait.