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Why does breaking up hurt so much?

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Why does breaking up hurt so much?
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LovelyRoses91
November 4th, 2014 5:56am
because it feels like you are losing a part of yourself when you lose that person. Being alone is always scary after being with someone else.
gloriousJoy07
February 27th, 2016 9:08pm
one of the most painful things in life is losing contact with someone we love.It can be heartbreaking. You get used to that person being around and when things come to an end it gets hard to cope up . It literally works like addiction. Its not just a relationship that we lose , we lose a friend and partner; someone who knows and understands us like nobody else. It also hurts because usually at the moment it feels like you might never find someone who will make you happy like that person did . If you're ending on bad terms, you might feel like the other person wronged you; yet you still miss him/her. Experiencing conflicting feelings is confusing and frustrating. It could also hurt because you think they never loved you. All the negative thoughts , fears and doubts take over our mind. But it is mostly also cause we fear being alone cause we think it sucks being alone. It can be tough re-learning to experience things on your own. In the end i ll just sum it up saying , It hurts cause you lost something and someone that mattered. But someday it ll get better, it wont bother as much as it does now . xx
Anonymous
January 9th, 2016 12:39am
Breaking up hurts so bad because the feelings aren't over and a fear of not returning to normalcy w/ the person hangs over you. It's a feeling of loss- but worse because they are only so far away. It hurts because you know it wont ever be how it was- how you remembered it to be. It hurts because for you- it wasn't over.
Anonymous
December 19th, 2015 7:42pm
Breakups are so hard because you're losing someone much closer than a friend. It's like having a part of you leave. Relationships are meant to last forever, ideally. The point of a relationship is to find the person you want to marry, so losing that person is much harder than just losing a friend.
Lightofmoon
July 1st, 2015 6:10pm
Its because when we break up with a person, it means ending the connection between you and that person both.Our human nature is that when we have been with a person for a so long time,we get attached very much and we love spending time with that person and then suddenly that person leaves due to any reason, its a big change we have to deal with.
LoveIsOurWeapon
January 27th, 2016 2:07pm
Breaking up hurts because you had an emotional connection with that person and it hurts to throw something like that away. Especially if you were in that relationship for a long time, and he/she are just not feeling it anymore.
Anggi
July 4th, 2015 12:09pm
It hurst so much because you've just lost someone that you love very abruptly and there's usually no way of getting back together.
wonderfulWaterfall86
January 13th, 2016 3:14pm
Breaking up hurts because you have fallen in love with that person. You have trusted them not to hurt you but unfortunately, they do.
Tylerr
January 11th, 2016 7:23pm
Breaking up is similar to dealing with a death. We are used to having someone there all of the time. We share our deepest secrets, get to know their little quirks as they get to know yours. We give them a piece of ourselves. Then to have all of that taken away leaves an empty feeling inside. You know, the process of a break up is similar to the process of grief. Adapting to change isn't always easy. Especially in the case of a break up because it is usually a change we don't want to have to do. But in time you learn a new "normal" for yourself and heal from it.
WaterDrop6
January 6th, 2016 3:13pm
Becuase we don't feel the love and passion that we once felt when we looked in to the eyes of our special someone. And realizing we made the wrong choce hurts us. We feel naked, like we've lost a par of our souls. Brake ups are hard, but one day we'll all find our red string :)
CelegnirCuthalion
January 6th, 2016 7:46am
because you realise in your heart how much they meant to you, how much you loved them and now thats gone
Anonymous
January 2nd, 2016 5:14am
Romantic relationships are some of the strongest and most emotionally-intense relations that people can experience. It is only natural that after establishing this kind of relationship with someone and growing used to it, suddenly breaking it apart will be painful. There are a series of things that you can do to decrease the amount of emotional pain you feel from these changes. The most important thing, however, is to recognize that there is a chance you will be able to establish strong relations with someone who you will never have to break up with.
Anonymous
December 27th, 2015 2:05pm
Because we become so attached to this single person, they occupy our thoughts day and night, we like the way they used to once make us feel, so special. We used to share everything with them happiness, sadness, doubts, fears, goals everything. And now there will be no one to share anything...the loneliness hurts, the rejection hurts. It breaks our self esteem a little. At first we miss that person so terribly, like it hurts us physically, the separation becomes painful and at times we want to get back together again, but we stop ourselves because we know it's not good to us. But day by day, we miss that
Anonymous
December 27th, 2015 1:31pm
when we love someone we give that one a space or a room in our heart however, some people we think they are so special to us and we want to give them more, so we end up to give them more space in our heart and more and more sometimes it can exceed the normal or the healthy level of giving space in our heart for a one person the much space you give, the much it will hurt because our heart can tolerate having so much space of emptiness on it that why its hurt so much that how i see it i never get hurt so much from a breaking up actually i did one time or two times but it was only friendships break up i used to give my friends a big space in my heart but not anymore, i love them and whomever i love or give a space in my heart, i expect that one may leave one day and that i must not exceed the healthy normal limits what is the healthy normal limits ? for me is that to still have other rooms in my heart for me, which must be the larger room than others room , that i still have rooms for my family and friends, and rooms for my own dreams the other thing is if anyone whom i give a room in my heart want to hurt me or act in a way i dont personally like; like trying to hurt those who in the others room or trying to make me reduce the size of my room , i accept to give this person a smaller room or to dismiss this person
Anonymous
November 4th, 2014 1:56am
Perhaps for some, their significant was the source of their happiness or a 'crutch' in their life. When things such as that end, one if not both people are struggling to find out who they are and figuring out what makes them happy just by themselves. It's a beautiful struggle and a lot of growth can come from it!
bubblyMemory31
December 17th, 2015 6:24pm
From my personal experience, I found that it hurts the most because you planned things with this person who you loved, and now that you are no longer together all those things can not happen. Another thing I've noticed about breakups is that there is a fear of ending up alone and or not feeling worthy enough for someone. After a breakup I tend to take time to focus on myself and make sure I do not make the mistakes in new relationships as I did in past ones! Take time to care for yourself and figure out your own truth as to who you are and what it may be that you're really looking for in a life partner!
TheListeningEyes
July 5th, 2016 9:24am
Because you're losing someone you love, and all the effort you put in a relationship seems for nothing. But remember if you had a good time together it wasn't for nothing
jessie19
October 9th, 2014 12:07pm
because this the part that you have to re-plan, re-dream everything, because you need to do something by your own now.
Anonymous
July 2nd, 2015 8:41pm
breaking up hurts so much because of the emotions time and money that you have invested in that person.. it makes you feel like you have lost something precious..
Giovani1992
January 24th, 2016 4:04am
Break up with someone hurts a lot because we believe that the person we were would be forever our love, but it turned out that this has changed over time. Pain is more the lack of someone reliable, and always together than the person
iAmACat
November 6th, 2014 11:56am
It feels as though all of the time, effort and love you put into someone else has been thrown away. It truly feels as though you have done everything you can to show that you care, but it still isn't enough. Sometimes it can feel like someone has physically hurt your heart, and sometimes it can feel purely emotional. No matter what, it is an extreme pain which needs to be dealt with carefully.
Anonymous
November 15th, 2014 6:13pm
It hurts because we're losing a part of us, the part we shared with that person through the thick and thin
comfortingLioness25
January 13th, 2016 4:46pm
It is painful to lose a person you have come to build a bond with. Break-ups cause a lot of uncertainty and are quite demoralising. But the important thing is time heals all and eventually you do get through it.
Anonymous
April 4th, 2016 9:25pm
It hurts because you believe that's you're everything in one person. You're in love and it hurts a lot.
vincyboy83
November 3rd, 2015 6:33am
brake up with someone you love so much will hurt but it also make you stronger and preparing you for the world and also helping you to understand the way of life i hope this helps a lot or you broken hearts out there i help me a lot
Jansi
August 15th, 2015 2:17pm
Pretty sure that if you cut something in two, that was meant to be whole it hurts. Just like bread.
Nithou
December 30th, 2015 12:18pm
Breaking up is similar to grief, you've just lost someone you deeply cared about, someone you thought would always be there for you, and it's perfectly normal to feel a lot of pain. Just remember that you are not alone, and you can talk about it. Embrace your pain, talk about it, build things to cope with it, and let time heal you slowly, you'll get over it even if it seems impossible to you right now. You can do it :)
Anonymous
August 16th, 2016 4:26pm
We tend to get emotionally attached to the ones we daily talk to/meet,etc. So, sudden parting gives a hard time. Staying emotionally strong can help get over it.
MissMoschinoXD
December 27th, 2015 11:07am
Because we have formed attachments with someone and give up things for this person and have faith in this person and confide in this one person and he/she becomes our safety so when we lose that or feel like we it really takes a toll on us
Tori2313
July 17th, 2015 7:56pm
Breaking up hurts.... for many different reasons! Its just the knowing that you can never be intimate with this person again.. whether it be emotionally or physically. Its the sense of lost. But breaking up can be a good thing as well. It can give us a chance to grow as a person! and even learn from our mistakes or accomplishments in order to be a better for the next person we date.