How do you deal with the guilt of breaking up with someone?

10/1/23

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How do you deal with the guilt of breaking up with someone 😭🩷

Our advice:

Breaking up with someone can definitely leave people feeling guilty and that's completely normal. Just because you don't want to be with them anymore doesn't mean that all the love and care you had for them during your relationship disappears, so it's going to hurt you to make them upset. However, you have to do what is best for YOU. People don't break up for no good reason. Remind yourself that, for now, this is for the best. The relationship was not going as well or wasn't as fulfilling as it once was, and it's okay to put an end to it. If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, it was never yours to begin with. What's meant to be will be, and right now, this just isn't what's right. Remind yourself that everything hurts worse when it's fresh, and the guilt won't be this strong forever!