Heartache & Heartbreak... There's a difference

When living in room of girls, there should be no surprise the amount of time that is spent worried about guys. Don't get me wrong there's a lot of talk about school, calculating GPA's, figuring out future course schedules, a.k.a the works. But guys still hold a factor in our lives, and we aren't quite sure why. There's me, the girl has her future wedding day all planned out even though my boyfriend and I are exactly 150 miles apart. By the way, the wedding date 02/02/2020 #You'reInvited. Also before you even ask, why THAT date, check it forwards... now check it backwards; I call it giving you life! Moving on, there's Taylor who is also pushing through a long distance relationship while in school. They are what I call the cute gamer couple, when they talk they don't just talk. They actually get on their computers and game together. There is also Alex, she's a free butterfly, having chosen not to have stress within her freshman year. Anna and Erika are the innocent ones of the bunch having never been in a relationship before, for their own personal reasons. Last but not least there's Emily, who found her romance on the soccer field here on Penn State's campus. All six of us have very different relationships and therefore very different experiences within our relationships'. But one thing that we all have in common is that we have felt the differences between heartache and heartbreak; thus the reason why we always help one another if someone was feeling either of these emotions.

Heartache has come to be the feeling that I am very in touch with since the school year began and I know that it is something that many of you have felt at least once in your life, even if it isn't over a person. While, this may seem a bit depressing to think about, it isn't as bad as it could be. Heartache just informs you that you love and long to be around those that you care for. 

But heartache is the little sister of heartbreak, who is a lot more aggressive and a lot harder to ignore. Unfortunately she managed to find herself in our dorm when our roommate went through her first ever breakup. When asked to describe how she felt, she said that her heart was falling into a million pieces and that she was unsure of how to pick it back up. To which the rest of us responded that she did NOT have to do it all alone. At first she was weary, uneasy and unsure of what she do. After all it was her first boyfriend, ever. But she got through it because she had a group of friends to help pull her out of the slums. 

The way that the six of us have become close enough to become friends is something that I am entirely grateful for. But the big take away of this moment is that in life, you never HAVE to be alone. Every friend was a stranger at least one point in your life. So, if you feel like there's no one to turn to, look for a new shoulder to cry on. The world isn't that bad to the point where you have to suffer through the pains of heartache or heartbreak alone. Especially considering that it's a feeling that nearly all of us have been through at one point in our lives or another.