Not all broken relationships end in arguments. Sometimes, distance comes from silent changes in emotions and daily behavior.
According to educational psychologist Bui Thi Hai Yen - Director of NHC Vietnam Psychotherapy Center - below are signs that feelings have cooled and need to be taken seriously.
1. indifference and responsibility
emotions gradually cool down when you no longer care what the other person thinks, how you feel or what you are going through. Their actions became strange, no longer worrying you.
2. Avoid avoiding intimacy
Intimacy, from gentle gestures to deep conversations, gradually disappears. You no longer want to touch them, nor are you willing to share.
3. Loss of respect and understanding
Reprimand instead of sympathy. You are easily angry, criticize, and no longer put yourself in the shoes of the other person to listen and understand.
4. No more trying to heal
When a conflict arises, instead of finding a way to resolve it, you choose to stay silent or ignore it. The relationship was broken but no one wanted to patch it up.
5. Visualize a life without a partner
You start thinking about living alone, even planning for a future without them and feel relieved to think about it.
6. Lonely even when together
The two were still together but their hearts were no longer connected. You feel an emptiness and lost in your own relationship.
