Complex emotions can arise, making it feel as though your life is spinning out of control, leaving you struggling to make sense of what has happened. Unfinished business may linger, intensifying feelings of loss and anxiety. As you navigate these emotions, regaining confidence becomes essential, allowing you to take risks again and embrace relationships with a renewed sense of positivity.
For a lot of people, the ending of a relationship is an intense time.
Feeling rejected can bring up strong emotions of loss and grief. You may feel desperate to fix what went wrong, unable to sleep, feeling anxious and depressed. This can lead to obsessing about what you could have done to prevent it and difficulty accepting the decision.
Sometimes when a relationship has been short-lived, you can be left with strong emotions that are hard to understand. You may feel short-changed and that the relationship ended before it even began.
Perhaps you are dealing with guilt as the one who made the decision to end a relationship. It can be unbearable to see people you care about in distress.
You may find yourself acting with anger and resentment because you want them to not feel upset with you. Or their grief may make it hard to be honest and direct about your feelings.
Feeling ambivalent about the ending of a relationship is very common. It can feel unclear and confusing. Feelings of loss and anxiety can cause uncertainty about a decision to end the relationship.
This may cause a cycle of splitting up and getting back together.
The ending of a relationship can be an opportunity to examine relationship patterns when:
