The 5 painful stages of unrequited love

The 5 painful stages of unrequited love

Raise your hand who has not suffered from unrequited love, perhaps it is one of the most painful, did you know that there are 5 stages? Find out what they are

They say that it hurts more to love without being loved and we are sure that at some point in life, you have found yourself with an unrequited love, the one that you know will never materialize, because the other person has already told you in many ways that there is no way that he loves you in the same way that you love him.

It hurts a lot, because your hopes were pinned on a person that one day you met and you imagined that he could be the one, he was not, he is not and he will not be and yet we cling to something that we believe, one day it will be done reality, like a miracle, when the answer is simply a resounding no.

Did you know that there are 5 stages of unrequited love ? When you are immersed in this type of love, you don’t realize it, but you live it, if you go through unrequited love, here are the different moments we live in and how to get out of that relationship that has no future, even if you don’t like it, you should try let it go.

Idealization . Here you live in the clouds, you still believe that one fine day that person is going to reciprocate and it will happen to you like in love movies, it’s like a kind of falling in love that is in full bloom.

one-sided love That man is perfect for you (according to you) he does not have a drop of imperfection, the only problem is that he does not love you, but it does not matter, you make up your mind that you can love for both of them and that is enough. Mistake, my friend.

The 5 painful stages of unrequited love. Photo: Pexels
The 5 painful stages of unrequited love. Photo: Pexels

Acknowledge that it is not there. Okay, he doesn’t love you and maybe he never will, you already realized, it’s a painful stage and you casually look for him for the first time, the defects so that he stops interest you but you just can’t, you love him and you venture to conquer him , but it does not work.

Forget that love. Well, you already realized it and you accept it, it is time to let it go, you start planning how to forget it, it is a very difficult process that can take a long time, it is the hardest stage because you must resist the temptation to look for it.

Learn to live with that unrequited love . It is as if you resigned yourself, you know that love will always be there but you no longer strive to try to achieve it, you also learn to live with it, close, but without making more noise, overcoming heartbreak in a mature way.