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You still deserve friendship
The loss of a friend should not make you feel unworthy.
We often find our identity in our friends. When a friendship is over, we may lose that sense of belonging and acceptance. This is all the more reason to find a sense of self-worth that is innate.
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Normalize the idea that some friendships do end
We often assume that friendships will last forever. Because we don't view the loss of a friendship as normal, it feels like we have failed and should be ashamed of it.
But that is not true. Friendships sometimes aren't meant to be, and maintaining them can be unhealthy.
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Give yourself space to grieve the loss
To the brain, a breakup is a breakup. The feelings tied up in a friendship is profound, and the loss thereof can cause some people to wrestle through stages of grief.
Be honest with other people in your life about what you're going through.
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The loss of a friendship
Losing someone you thought would always be in your life can be devastating.
But friendship breakups are inevitable, and we need to learn how to deal with them in healthy ways.
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Assess your other friendships
A concern that comes with a friendship breakup is how it will affect your wider group of friends.
- Don't hide what's happening. When friend groups don't have healthy boundaries as part of their friend culture, it can happen that the whole group will fall away when one person falls out...
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Get closure if you can
With a romantic partner, you will usually have a breakup conversation. But the nature of a friendship makes it hard to make it final.
Diagnosing what went wrong and how is it affecting you can be helpful. Then try to get clarity from your friend to gain a sense of...
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Identify what you need to do to move on
Once you understand the impact of the breakup on your life, then you can treat it appropriately. It might mean talking through things with someone you trust or giving yourself space to grieve.
To help you move on, use the language of gratitude that puts the relationship in the past tense. ...
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The Great Friendship Myth
We all have been told that we make all or most of our lifetime friends during the school or college years, which is bizarre as we barely know how to intentionally make friends in that age when things just happen haphazardly and suddenly two people start being friends.
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We all need to learn to separate our happiness from our achievements
It’s okay to feel content with our lives simply because we have an inherent sense of self-worth. Reaching our goals can obviously bolster this feeling and give us a deep sense of accomplishment, but the absence of achievement should not mean the absence of happiness.
Rejection when a friendship ended
Friendship breakups can hurt more than romantic ones. It is necessary to realise that friends come and go. You can use it as an opportunity to ask yourself if this is the type of person you want to be friends with.
After some time has passed and you find yourself missing t...
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