As starting a relationship implicitly supposes the possibility that one day it will end, we will show you what are the stages of heartbreak, just in case.
Stages of heartbreak we go through after a breakup
These are the different phases that anyone who has lost their loved one goes through, in general:
1. Confusion
During this stage of heartbreak, the affected person is in shock, whether it has happened suddenly and has caught him by surprise or if it has been a long-considered situation and finally the time has come to end the relationship.
It is a moment in which, although the reality that surrounded these two people has completely changed, something within oneself continues with the inertia of shared feelings intact until they collide with the evidence that one is no longer with the person. loved.
This process is repeated over and over again, reminding us that things have changed forever. And that evidence needs to continually confront the times that are necessary for our interior to penetrate little by little in us and move on to the next stage of the lack of love in which we are in process.
2. Penalty
Hopelessness comes during this stage of heartbreak. Once the initial confusion is over, the person going through this process begins to face the idea that nothing will ever be the same again.
Along with the acceptance that that person is no longer there, there is also the loss of hope that could have been in the beginning, when one came to fantasize about the possibility of not losing his loved one. Objectivity arrives that allows us to move forward by letting go of self-deception, although sadness can become really intense and make progress difficult if suffering is installed in a pathological way.
3. Adjudication of blame
The feeling of anger is usually common at this stage. The emotion of anger becomes more evident as the acceptance of the new situation is produced. It is going badly and the question arises: Who is responsible for everything that has happened?
As that pain is spent for what happened (and for the consequent change in the situation in the life of the person who goes through these stages of heartbreak), he begins to wonder who is responsible for having reached that point; herself, her partner, facts from their past together that were not resolved in a timely manner by either of them …
The allocation of blame is natural and can be constantly changing, reflection is necessary to understand the facts, and of course, humility is required to recognize the part of the responsibility that may exist in oneself for everything that happened.
So to speak, it is time to untie the loose ends to discover the origin of the problems that were hidden before our very eyes.
4. Resignation
The acceptance of reality is complete and only allows surrender to the veracity of the facts. At this point, it has been confusing because everything changes and our interior refuses to realize it, deep sadness has appeared at the evidence that our partner is no longer by our side nor will he be again, he has confronted the truth and attributed the appropriate responsibilities.
What’s left Resign yourself to the fact that the new situation is this. There is no longer what there was and the starting point is the current one. Familiarizing yourself with the sensations of this moment is necessary to gradually stop perceiving them as something uncomfortable or strange.
Therefore, escaping from the true reality is not a real help because it will encapsulate the real emotions and they will emerge at some other time later, bringing the unresolved conflict back to that person.
5. Reconstruction
The moment of recovery of normality begins. Sadness is left behind and the person who has successfully overcome the previous stages of heartbreak begins to perceive a new future, with other, more positive eyes.
Eventually, his life regains a consistent course with its true essence. It can be said that she feels herself again and opens up to the experiences that she has always liked. It is now that she is ready to start over, with or without a new partner, but in any case, much stronger and more experienced by the experiences she has had to face.