Relationship/Advice

I have been seeing around a lot lately that my friends are breaking up with their boyfriends...
or getting dumped.
And they are just heartbroken and crying and the whole nine,
Which i Totally understand. 
When Tim and I broke up in the beginning of 2010, right after the new year...
I was just devastated.
I didn't know what to do with myself.
I couldn't stop crying.
I couldn't eat.
Ugh it was terrible.
And now that I see this happening to others I just see myself in them and what happened to me.
And to be honest it's really sad.
I don't even have great advice for anyone.
It sucks is all I can really say.
It feels as if someone has just taken everything away from you that you have ever known
and there's no way to possibly fill that void.
It feels like that for a while, until you can come to terms with reality and accept that the way things are have changed.
Yet as soon as i was able to get to that point, which took about two months, Tim wanted me back
and like a fool I ran back.
I mean it was good be got back together,
we love each other,
but it seemed as if i was so desperate to get him back, because i was.
And all I can say is that whole situation allowed me to honestly grow as a woman,
it let me become more independent and no longer hide behind him
and taught me that not everything is going to turn out the way you may think.
So i guess my "advice" pretty much is to be independent.
Heartbreak hurts, but you can't let it dictate your life and you cannot allow your emotions to get in the way of your everyday life.