H2O Magazine

Loneliness 

A couple in a relationship develops a special emotional bond with each other. The emotional bond takes time to develop and it grows stronger over a period. Indeed, a healthy relationship espouse positive feelings and sense of belonging. The world seems rosy and couple can enjoy every aspect of their lives. However, a relationship can undergo breakup wrecking individual’s emotions.  Separation or breakup is very difficult to handle when estranged couple fails to address the issue with brave face.

Loneliness is often an after-effect of previous broken relationships. Many couples begin their relationship by spending what seems to be every waking hour together. Inevitably, they tend to lose touch with their friends. Unfortunately, when the inevitable break-up happens, they no longer have the friends to call upon to help them fill their time.

Overcoming loneliness

You may feel that your world has crashed after a failed relationship. Try joining some social sites like Facebook and chat rooms. Look up old friends from previous jobs or from school. You would be surprised at how easy it is to find people from your past and how happy they to hear from you. Chat rooms are good for those feeling lonely. Chat rooms exist for just about every subject and gives anonymity. Therefore, one can speak freely even one lacks confidence in public.

Moreover, one could join a club that would help you to meet new people and potentially learn a new skill. Register for an adult course at a local college and join others to learn something new. Consider joining public speaking  or leadership building course, or try Pranayama. Do anything interesting and put yourself out of your comfort zone.

The key factor in all of them is that they all include interacting with others. The more you interact with others the easier it becomes to ward off loneliness. Indeed, friends, colleagues, partners can help to heal the wound of failed relationship.

Emotional Dependency

It is difficult when emotions involved, as it is something that we just cannot control. Nevertheless, like most things, emotions are easier to deal given enough time. The most important thing to do in the early days of being single is to keep busy as this helps to take one’s mind off ex and the things you would normally be doing with them. We are all creatures of habit and if your mind not occupied then it will wander mostly past or rarely future, and never present. Continued to next page…