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
Anonymous
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Sep 19, 2020
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What I think is the best way to unlove a person would be through replacing the person whom we love. From my personal experience and observations, I found that 'Loving' is something which we can't stop doing in our life, we can just change the person or thing which we used to love. Like you might have seen people going into drugs, pets, etc. these are just ways to distract their mind temporarily. Also it would be hard to forget the person whom we used to love, the only thing we can do is to overcome our feelings/ emotions towards them and look for someone thinking that the next person would be a better one.
elleetheempath
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Sep 25, 2020
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Unfortunately, we are not in charge of the subconscious thoughts that come through our heads. However, one way to begin detaching yourself from a person you once loved is to connect the feelings of pain brought upon you with the connection of that individual. Furthermore, positively affirm yourself that these negative traits or actions of the other individual do not reflect how YOU truly feel and are. Your ex may call you "too loud", and instead I would connect with the hurt that he associated with me to tell myself that I am better off without those who do not accept me as I am. At the end of the day, I would remind myself that my loudness is not the issue, but that the other person and myself are just not compatible because that is something THEY do not like about me, not what I do not like about me.
Anonymous
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Oct 11, 2020
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It is a relative matter. If you are already in love with someone, then it is really hard to unlove him/her. The question is why you want to unlove the person? If that person was dear one once and now you guys are not in good terms then just avoid him/her, make a distance between you and that person, talk less and igonre that person. If that doesn’t work try to recall some negative sides of that person, you will automatically unlove him/her. I am not quite clear about your question though. If you wondering how people can unlove others, its just about life, reality. When we meet someone, build up friendship, sometimes it happens we get unexpected behaviour, selfishness from them. They might hurt you mentally or physically. So there are lot of reasons to unlove someone. Anyway, I am alway in favor of love.
Anonymous
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Oct 31, 2020
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you can´t and you will always love the person, but you can take it one step at a time to get over the person. always take it one day at a time and always keep in mind that you will be okay no matter what. sure, the love doesn't go away but if you take it one day at a time, you will notice it kind of "fading" slowly and at the end you will be just fine, and know that you will find a new one someday too. not everybody is for you, but that is okay, cuz there a tons of others that are for you.
Anonymous
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Nov 5, 2020
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Honestly, I dont believe you can just unlove someone. I dont think you can ever stop loving someone entirely. If you loved them at one point, youll always love them( unless you hate them lol). But yeah, over time these feelings just kinda diminishes when other things start taking priority. Youll probably find another person whom you may love or might choose not to love again at all. But, I dont think you can "unlove" them per se. Your expectations of the person will just lower too much ,if given time, for it occupy your thoughts. This is simply what happened to me. Might be different for everyone.
Anonymous
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Nov 26, 2020
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While the idea that there is only one true love for you, and that when you find them, you will love them forever, is a beautiful thought, it just isn't reality. People have “truly" loved another person and have “truly†fallen out of love with them since humanity began. Just because the feeling of love falters over time doesn't mean it wasn't ever real.
Some people fall in love and the relationship works out and they are together and “in love" until death does them part. That's lovely when it happens that way but unfortunately that kind of love is a rare thing.
The reality is that most people go through different stages in a relationship starting with attraction, liking, and then infatuation.
This evolves into a deeper feeling as the two people discover how much they have in common and how they actually like each other. During this stage, they tend to think they have found their best friend.
Two people who are “in love" want to plan a life together. They share the same goals and dreams and can't imagine being apart. When there are problems, they both compromise and try to fix things. This is true love. Cue the angels singing and unicorns dancing on rainbows.
BUT, these things, including intense feelings of love and thinking you can't live without this person do not guarantee that you will stay in love with them.
S**t happens. Life happens. Personality disorders, arguments, depression, money troubles, raising children, job stresses, sxual dysfunction and violence happens in relationships.
And when these things happen, a little bit of the shine on that love starts to tarnish. It's gradual usually but it always happens. When it does and real life sets in, most people get disillusioned. It doesn't mean the love dies, it just gets watered down over time.
In many cases, the relationship partners stay, living separate lives together for the sake of their children. These people may have an arrangement where neither looks too closely at the other's affairs. And if asked, they will swear that there is still love there. And it is still love.
The other scenario involves being “in love†with someone who is a complete jacka**. No matter how much you love another person, if they treat you badly, cheat on you, lie, behave abusively, disrespect you and make you feel horrible in general, you are going to eventually realize that this ain't love on their part and you will start to fall out of love with them.
Some people torture themselves endlessly over love, believing that if the “one" they loved got away, all their chances for true love is gone forever.
It isn't so. Every time you love another person and open your heart to them, you enrich your life experiences. You can “truly" love many people in your lifetime and every one of those experiences are real even if they don't last.
Anonymous
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Nov 27, 2020
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You can't unlove someone. They will always have a piece of your heart but It doesn't mean you can't be enough for yourself. Instead of learning to unlove them start learning to love yourself in a way that it doesn't even matter that they exist. It is hard to move away from someone and moving on from someone is even harder but This is life. You will be fine and You will love yourself so much more that it won't matter that you still love a part of them. But it is Just a part, and you are Whole in yourself.
Anonymous
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Dec 9, 2020
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I don't think you can truly ever unlove someone. The love will always be there no matter how much you want to hate them or discard the feelings. I can tell you that you can learn to stop letting that love blindly lead you. You can focus on what you feel is the right decision rather than what your heart longs to do for them. I'm not sure if this is because they have not regarded your feelings or can't return them but loving them isn't always a bad thing. So to answer the question you should listen to the reason in your mind and assess the situation to your voice of reasoning.
Mars821
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Dec 26, 2020
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You can't unlove, but you can absolutely redirect that love. Maybe you love someone who is undeserving, or who does not return that same love to you. Even though you can't make that emotion disappear, you can channel it away from the one bringing you pain and towards the people and things in your life that bring you peace. Over time, the love you have for this person will fade into a memory - it existed, but holds no relavance to your life anymore. This takes the sting out of it, and allows room for others to enter your life in new ways!
Emilyc103
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Jan 2, 2021
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Im not exactly sure if you can. Im sorry. eveuntually you will think about them less and less on a day to day basis but if you truly loved that person then Im not sure you will ever just forget that it happened. That doesn't mean that you will love them forever, but they will always be a part of your past and always be a part of your development. you'll think about them less and less, especially if you find a new partner (don't rebound on purpose, these things have to happen naturally). but they will always be a part of you and that isn't a bad thing. even if the relationship had a bad ending,
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