We asked everyone at BuzzFeed to give us their best artistic interpretation of a broken heart. These were some of the results:
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A broken heart can feel like a giant ice machine in your chest.
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A broken heart can cause you to go into lockdown mode while listening to angsty music.
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A broken heart can feel like you've completely lost your head.
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A broken heart will turn into stone to protect itself from the horrible disease known as "feelings."
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A broken heart is keeping your feelings all bottled up inside.
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A broken heart is a sword stabbing you in the chest just before consuming booze and ice cream.
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A broken heart is like Pandora's Box; once it's open, nothing but negativity spews out.
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A broken heart can feel like listening to Beck.
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A broken heart will make you scream at the universe. Literally.
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A broken heart is your homeboy drifting away aimlessly into the ocean, waiting for sharks to devour it.
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A broken heart can feel like a bunch of perfectly good lightbulbs going to waste.
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A broken heart will make you feel empty.
14.
A broken heart is a teenage girl anxious to go back in time.
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A broken heart can feel like being in a dark room.
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A broken heart can feel like someone ripping your heart out with their bare hands, earning a flawless victory along the way.
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A broken heart will make you wanna dig yourself into an inescapable hole.
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All it takes are three little characters to bring one person's world to a screeching halt.
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A broken heart can ruin your makeup.
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A broken heart is like wandering around in purgatory.
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A broken heart is watching your epic Lego creation collapse before your very eyes.
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A broken heart is a lonely Keanu Reeves eating a Twinkie.
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A broken heart is drinking a ton of bottled milk. Only instead of milk, it's booze.
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A broken heart is like getting your mind blown, BUT IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE.
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A broken heart is taking the L train to the very last stop.
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A broken heart is remembering a friend you've lost.
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Ralphie's expression says it all.
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No explanation needed.
The best thing that can heal a broken heart is time.
