How can you unlove someone?
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Moderated by Maria Wasielewski, Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance, University of Arizona
Updated: Jun 10, 2022
bountifulRabbit4994
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Jul 9, 2020
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When I split up with my one year boyfriend, it was an absolutely heartbreaking time for me. I listened to sad music, refused to confide in friends, and hid in my room all the time. "Unloving" someone is a complicated thing to do, but there are multiple tiny steps you can take in order to ensure you heal efficiently and correctly. The best few things that worked for me when I was going through my process of accepting my breakup was confiding in friends and keeping my mind and body busy. I found that discussing my hurt with friends helped me discover that there are other people hurting exactly like me and it helped me connect with them. Keeping your mind busy can mean multiple things, but the best ways to ensure that you don't think too much about the person you want to forget is falling in love with SOMETHING ELSE. Finding a new passion in an activity can sometimes be even better than using support from another person. Disconnecting with the person you're frustrated with or are having a hard time forgetting is also a good technique to relax yourself.
Adi172
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Jul 17, 2020
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you can't . you can just get closure if you want then move on as hard as it sounds you can never stop caring for the person who once was your everything. if you get enough closure i am sure you can move and still care for the person as a friend. when you love someone they become your everything and to pull away from that is hard but it's important too. moving on is the one way you can leave your past behind , if you do get the closure you needed maybe you'll be able to move on a bit easier. It won't be easy but you'll pull through it eventually. :)
Anonymous
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Aug 12, 2020
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You have to remember the reason why you both did not work out. We often miss the memory of the person but not the actual person. Especially if it was a very unstable and unhealthy relationship. Talk with your friends and people who are supportive and empathetic towards your current feelings. Focus on things that are healthy, you can do and make you feel good and better about yourself. Always remember to put yourself first and that there needs to be a balance between being selfish and selfless. With time everything gets easier and they will become a fond and distant memory.
Anonymous
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Aug 15, 2020
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To unlove someone you gotta let go of that person. Push him/her away,replace their memories with someone else and mainly think about the reason why you want to unlove that person and act on it. We have all been there at some point of time in our lives- loving someone so much that we did not even care that we were silently draining ourselves. Exhausting our hearts, exerting our souls, even wringing our being inside out- we poured love unto someone for whom we would gladly go to the moon and back even when they wouldn’t even walk a mile with us
Anonymous
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Aug 19, 2020
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You can unlove someone due to a certain situation or a change of feelings. It takes will of the person to unlove someone as love is a strong emotion effect. Unloving someone can happen for many different reasons. It may sometimes be a hard to choice to make. It always stems from somewhere that makes a person go through this action. In my life, I would say there were times I thought I unloved someone. The unlovingness came from a negative space and was a hard decision to make. Love is what we all want to spread and unloving someone is one of the hardest decisions a person makes.
Anonymous
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Aug 28, 2020
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Love cannot be undone. You can quiet it, yes, but it’ll never be subdued. It’s funny the way it works. Even love towards people who have wronged us cannot completely disappear. It’s better to focus on unliking someone. You can have love without like and like without love. Unliking someone is difficult, too. First ask yourself, why do I want to do this? What unforgivable thing did they do to me? Why do I deserve to separate my life from theirs? If you catch yourself hung up over the good times, remind yourself of why you’re trying to unlike them. Nostalgia for a person can color our perceptions.
Anonymous
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Sep 10, 2020
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Being human beings I feel it's impossible to unlove someone. Feelings are tender things and they take time and slowly and gradually they become ressessive. sometimes they actually leave but most of the times they just subside with time and as we fall for other people. If you are facing issues with some past issues and want to forget that and unlove as you said the person...I feel most of us go through the same situation and the best way is to actually go through it what you can't get over .yes indeed sometimes it becomes overwhelming but that's what 7 cups is here for and we will surely hear you out!
Magicalmoongirl
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Sep 12, 2020
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Time is often the best answer for this, spend a long time trying to avoid thinking about them talking to them. Or if you are still trying to keep them in your life try to look at them as a friend and try your best to appreciate them as that. Do self care and love yourself to distract yourself from feeling like you have a need to love them. Try to stay away from thinking about what could have been and focus on the now of what you have in you life. Know that they weren't your only option for love and life brings new love opportunities when you least expect it.
Megthesloth
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Sep 13, 2020
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I don't think you can ever truly unloved someone. I think it's possible to fall out of love with someone romantically. But caring for someone deeply is a great feeling and even when time has passed and two people have gone their separate ways, there will always be a feeling of love for one another. And that is okay! Allowing yourself to feel freely without judging or restricting yourself is important. Knowing that your feelings are valid and letting yourself love will only open up your heart to life's greatest gifts. Loving someone is not something you should worry about and falling out of love is also normal.
Anonymous
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Sep 17, 2020
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As painful as it is, you can't just unlove someone as easily as you would flip the light switch off in your room. It's unfortunately a long process that'll take a toll on both your mental and physical health, but it's imperative to know that time nearly all wounds; especially mental ones. With each passing day, it'll hurt a little less than it did the day before. It's crucial to devote your time and energy into things elsewhere; such as hitting the gym and acquiring the physique you've always wanted for yourself. You might not ever unlove someone, but I can promise you, in due time, the thought of them will hurt less.
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