Stalking Your Ex: Attachment To The Past

The internet and social media allows us to revisit the past. Google and search engines allows us to find people again. If we don’t get the closure we desire, we may have the need to keep revisiting an ex’s profile and checking up on them to see if they are doing well or not doing well. The lack of closure in a relationship’s ending may drive us to stalk an ex because of emotional turmoil we are experiencing.

People hate dealing with break ups, but they are necessary if either person is not fully invested in the relationship. If they’ve tried to make it work and it doesn’t, it is better to end it. Either partner may look to the past if the present proves to be challenging or difficult. Either partner may be going through excruciating separation difficulties that cause severe depression or anxiety.

Separation can make us feel disoriented. It depends on how long we’ve committed to a relationship. Maybe we’ve adapted to daily routines with a partner and now that partner is no longer with us, we could feel stranded, lost or emotionally insecure.

Moving on from an ex can be hard. Revisiting the past in ways such as looking up their social media or driving past places where he or she works or lives can make it harder to let go. We need to accept our partner’s choice. Acceptance will make it easier to feel truth and then reorient…