PSYchology
Film «The Story of Us»

Family memories are an important factor influencing the decision to end a close relationship.

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Termination of close relationships — the termination of cohabitation and family life. Usually, at the place of termination of close relationships, a fairy tale about parting begins.

The decision to end a close relationship can be made either mutually or by one side. Termination can be either a sharp break in a relationship, or a gradual fading or dying. Termination can be game, trial and final.

The reasons for ending a relationship are very diverse, sometimes they are serious, sometimes they are empty and stupid. If the relationship is not going well, if the relationship is complicated, you need to figure it out. The concept of «not getting along» is very vague. If we are talking about the fact that relationships are accompanied by constant quarrels, conflicts, this is one thing. If there is no feeling of complete satisfaction, and sometimes there are disagreements, this is completely different↑.

If you see that there is no prospect in a relationship, the issue is serious, but the solution is not obvious. Lack of prospects is bad, but will these same prospects appear if you break up? Not obvious. First, think about where and how you are going to leave, so that there are just prospects there.

Perhaps the difference in views bothers you, you have different pictures of life and the ideal of life. In principle, some differences in views and values ​​are natural, the values ​​of men and women are different initially, and your personal views a few years ago will be very different from those that will be in a few years to come. Here, rather, learn to negotiate.

Less often, but it happens, your relationship is interfered with by someone’s hostile activity, purposefully destroying the relationship. Think, make a decision slowly, and again: what decision? Perhaps it is better to turn to a good psychologist here.

How to make the decision to end a close relationship

End relationships or not? There are no simple recipes here: everything happens in life. Sometimes ending a relationship is not just a reasonable decision, but the only possible one. However, in most cases, couples who come to a psychologist with the thought of divorce are quite capable of improving their relationship. Relationships are built by two people, so you need to look at the situation from two sides. The first question is what do I want? The second question is what does the other side want? If other people are involved in your relationship (your children or your parents), you need to take this into account. See →

The horse is dead — get off!

Sometimes you have to be persistent and not give up. “Patience and work, they will grind everything”, but only if you set a reasonable framework: how much it will cost you and by what time you plan to get the result. Theoretically, you can find gold jewelry in the garbage, but to find them, you need to dig in the garbage for years. Will you take on this project? Show persistence? “Don’t do this, it’s not stubbornness, but stupidity.

If you understand that the relationship has become obsolete, theoretically you can squeeze something out of them for years, but in fact it is digging in the trash in the hope of finding gold jewelry there. An ancient Indian proverb speaks briefly about this: The horse is dead — get off!

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