Being painful, it's not exactly rapture! (7)
I believe the answer is:
rupture
'being' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rupture that I've seen before include "Burst suddenly" , "Split" , "Ecstasy" , "State of being torn or burst open" , "Breach, severance" .)