Karma is a Bitch and Heartbreak Feels Like the Worst Flu You’ve Ever Had

Let’s be honest — karma can be a bitch.

And heartbreak?

It can hit like the worst flu you’ve ever had. You can’t eat, you can’t sleep, your chest tightens, your body aches, and your whole system feels poisoned.

Emotional heartbreak is just as real as any physical injury or illness — sometimes even more. It’s time we start acknowledging that, and caring for ourselves accordingly.

The Playground of Life (and Love)

We all go through the playground of life — we fall, rise, love, and lose. As teenagers and adults, we experiment with all kinds of relationships. Romantic, friendly, spiritual, professional. And through them, we all hurt and we all get hurt.

Hopefully, we use these experiences with compassion — as teachers rather than punishments. Each person we meet reflects something back to us about our capacity to love, to protect, and to face pain.

Over time, we learn how to protect our heart — not by closing it, but by setting the right boundaries. Because if we close off too much, we stop the flow of life and love altogether.

The Two Faces of Heartbreak

Heartbreak can come like lightning — a sudden strike that shocks your system.

Maybe your biggest research proposal just got rejected after years of work.

Maybe you were declined from the medical school you dreamed of your whole life.

Or maybe — the most devastating — you caught your “forever partner” having an affair, right before your eyes. That’s the kind of heartbreak that rips you open in an instant.

On the other hand, there’s the slow heartbreak — the one that creeps in softly.

You start sensing something isn’t right. You slowly uncover the truth, piece by piece. The illusion breaks. The fantasy dissolves. The real face of someone you trusted starts to reveal itself. And with every new detail, your heart sinks a little more.

Some say the sudden heartbreak is worse; others say the slow one is more painful. But in truth, it depends on who you are, how deep you love, and how much awareness you bring to the process. In both cases, you lose something precious — the sense of safety, of certainty, of connection.

Heartbreak Is Physical

From my own experience, I know how physical heartbreak can be.

It’s not just sadness — it’s being cut into pieces. My body feels drained.

All my energy goes into digesting the emotional situation — quite literally. My stomach tightens. My digestion collapses. I bloat from almost anything I eat. I lose my appetite, my sleep, and my balance.

Sleepless nights. Foodless days.

Headaches from overthinking and overanalyzing — my mind screaming for rest.

We need to start treating heartbreak as seriously as we treat physical illness.

Because it is one.

It’s an emotional fever, an energetic flu. You wouldn’t expect yourself to function normally with a high fever, so why do we expect ourselves to perform, socialize, or “move on” while our heart is still bleeding?

The Medicine of Self-Care

When heartbreak hits — in any form — your main job is recovery.

Not revenge. Not pretending. Not overanalyzing.

Just care.

Curl into yourself - because yourself really needs you. Feed your heart. Feed your system.

Nourish yourself in all ways, allow some sweetness to remind you that life still has flavor. Your favorite desert, your favorite album, Take long baths. Massage your own feet. Touch your body gently. Hug yourself. Tell your heart, “It’s going to be fine, honey.”

You’re learning how to protect yourself better, how to choose better, how to love without losing yourself next time. You’re healing your inner compass.

Protect Yourself From the Source

And most importantly — when you realize you are deeply hurt, protect yourself from the source.

The pain is coming from somewhere: a person, a situation, an environment that keeps re-opening the wound. You have to face it and step away. It’s not about running — it’s about protecting the fragile, healing heart that’s doing its best to recover.

Self-care is not weakness. It’s sacred rebellion.

It’s saying: I deserve to heal.

Because karma doesn’t punish — it teaches.

And once you learn, you rise stronger, softer, and wiser than before.