People’s Needs Change

Regardless of how much we compromise in relationships, some relationships will ultimately end because people’s needs change over time.
Some relationships are time limited.
They are useful in shaping us into stronger, more resilient people.
They teach us how to experience love, joy and, sometimes, sadness, intense pain and grief.
These feelings are normal, and they are necessary in the process of growing and healing, so that we can eventually move on and engage in other more fulfilling relationships.
New relationships are possible when you have allowed your feelings to heal and have processed the lessons from the previous relationship
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Take some time and write down what you have learned from an old relationship; think of one in particular that had meaning for you.

Ending Relationships

While much research examines the origins and development of love, courtship, and the building and maintaining of intimate relationships, few provide detailed information about what emotional and psychological changes occur when two people end an emotionally intimate relationship.

Ending a relationship is one of the most avoided and feared human experiences.

As a culture, we have no clear-cut rituals for ending relationships or saying good bye to valued others.

We are often unprepared for the variety of feelings we experience in the process.

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