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REMOVE ALL MEANS TO CONTACT THEM. Don't even block them because blocking keeps their number on your device. Just delete all messages and unfollow. Make it hard to rediscover them.
Delete every photo you have of them. Yes, even the spicy ones.
Give yourself what you wanted from this person. Make a list if that is helpful and scratch off each item off the list as you learn to satisfy yourself on your own. This can be intimacy as well as things that you planned to do with this person. Learn to love yourself and build self respect as well as learn to enjoy your own company. I have been intimate with myself through journaling, and I feel like a completely different person from nearly 3 weeks ago. It's mind boggling
Understand what it would take for a person to ghost you. Like deeply understand how much of a worthless loser you'd have to be to completely fail to communicate. They are human. They had one job and they couldn't even get that right. Trash. They are sorry as hell. They failed and they likely aren't going to get better before you forget about them. They are pathetic and the fact that you gave them any attention that would be better spent on yourself should disgust you to your core. You are more likely to communicate with yourself better than they ever communicated with you. If not, look at tip #2 again.
Write a letter addressed to them by hand telling them how them ghosting made you feel. Say good bye if you are there yet. Keep the letter for yourself. Read the letter whenever you miss them.
Don't mention them specifically anywhere. You can ask for support but make sure it is as generic as possible. Pretty much if the ghoster were to read it, they shouldn't be able to tell you are talking about them. You want to learn to pretend they don't exist.
Acknowledge that we are constantly changing, and that this person is more of a stranger as each day goes by. It may help you realize more deeply that you are attracted to the person as if they are a static object, rather than a person, and that the person you thought they are, if they ever really were that person (they aren't), is essentially dead.
Find new people to hang out with.
Meditation. Helps quite a bit especially if you don't want to ruminate too much(whether positive or negative regarding the person).
Learn to let go of people who don't serve enough good in your life for you to spend your energy on them, even if they don't ghost you. That person you feel too awkward about ending your friendship with, but you feel they are annoying. Start with ending things with them. That person who doesn't take no for an answer? End things with them. That person who asks you for money every week despite barely knowing how your life has been? Tell them to get lost.
The goal is realizing you are okay without them and that you are better off without them then eventually forgetting about them. Hopefully, these tips will help others like they helped me
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