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Does it hurt more to have someone and lose them, or to never have them at all?

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I think that having someone and then losing them is hard because you've had them around in your life and then they're no longer attending. But not having someone at all is hard as well because some people can't live without each other.
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Profile: magicalKitty98
magicalKitty98 on Oct 26, 2015
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It hurts more to have someone then lose them because if you never had them at all, you'll never know what you missed out on. When you lost someone, you have to deal with feelings of abandonment and loss, which hurt.
Profile: OnlineFriend123
OnlineFriend123 on Dec 8, 2015
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What a hard question! This is different for every person but ultimately pain is pain. Only you can make the choice if the risk is worth it.
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Anonymous on Dec 29, 2015
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It does hurt. But there was good times that you'll reflect back on. But most of all, you'll have learned more about you and what you need out of your relationships
Profile: CaringApple95
CaringApple95 on Feb 17, 2016
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It will definitely hurt more to have someone and then to lose them, because you build a bond/relationship with them. Once that's gone, it leaves you and it literally does feel as if a part of your own self has gone too. As for never having someone, it can also hurt but your feelings won't be as strong for someone you've never had.
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Anonymous on Apr 18, 2016
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Having someone and losing them hurts more, you grow accustomed to them and let them become a part of you and then you lose them, a part of you is taken. Never having them means they never become a part of you
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Anonymous on May 23, 2016
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It's harder not to have them at all because if you lost someone at least you had them before they were gone.
Profile: Kwasi
Kwasi on Aug 8, 2016
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It's always better to have someone ... losing them hurts, but the impact/mark they leave is priceless
Profile: zealousEnergy88
zealousEnergy88 on Apr 3, 2017
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Both hurts equally, maybe one more than the other. It's never easy to loose someone, jus as much as it's hard to want someone and can't have that person. People come in n out of our lives while seasons change, we have to take each experience like a chapter in our lives, that we can always go back and read.
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MeaningfulSilence on Nov 13, 2017
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I suppose it is a personal way to react to it. When having shared something with someone has been somewhat positive, it can be part of life's experience. Then it also depends what losing them means and in what way the lost happens to reflect about the ways we could react to it. Basically, as for generic concept, every human interaction is positive perse.
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