7 Ways To Cope When Adult Friendships End And Move On
"1. Remind Yourself That People Come and Go for a Reason
As you grow and change, so will your adult friendships, and letting go of the idea that you have to be best friends with everyone you have ever met in your life is incredibly freeing. You have lost a friend, and it is hard. But the reality is that now, there is more space in your life for someone else to come in.
2. Learn and Understand the Grieving Process
You have experienced a loss —a breakup. Understanding and learning the grieving process can be exceedingly helpful if you feel the loss consuming you. You are grieving the loss of your friendship, and understanding why you go from denial to anger in a split second can help bring back control over what is happening to you.
3. Keep a Journal to Process Your Feelings
Breakups are messy, romantic or not. You will have to process a lot of feelings, and the best way to cope with the loss and pain is to get it out of your head and onto paper.
4. Reach Out to Good Friends and Lean on Them
If you need to talk to someone, reach out and ask for help. It can be easy to reflexively push everyone away, but now is the most important time to lean on the people you trust.
5. Solidify Your Self-Care Routine
Things like eating nutritiously, drinking water, exercising three times a week, showering and keeping your environment clean, getting out into nature, speaking to yourself with kindness, and taking a mental health break are all a part of self-care.
6. Try New Things
Pick a hobby you have always wanted to try, take a class, sign up for a course, or say yes the next time someone asks you to join them in one of their hobbies. You will never know what will be your next favorite thing.
7. Show Yourself Kindness, Spend Time Learning About Yourself
Start with self-forgiveness. Take all the time you need, but forgive your friend for the end of the friendship and forgive yourself so you can move on. Now is a great time to spend some time learning about yourself and reflect on what you want in a friendship."
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✨Takeaway: The loss of a friend can be as difficult as the end of a romantic relationship. Learning and understanding the grieving process can be helpful in coping with the loss.
✨Reflection: Have you ever had to end a friendship?
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@innateJoy9602
Aw this is so much like the "inevitable truth of life" lol, it's bittersweet, having to part ways with something that once was a dear part of our life.
I have, and unfortunately, most of them have been the "slowly faded with time" sort of friendships, because eh life happens and now sometimes I randomly think if it wasn't meant to last a lifetime lol! Like there's that also, not everyone we meet or know, love or befriend is supposed to be in our life forever. As harsh or hurtful it may sound. :')
But also to mention, that it's also a very "willing to make it work, come what may" sort of thing with people, friendships, relationships, in general. You need to put the thought, care and time to what matters to you~ life sure happens and continues to happen, but even the smallest efforts make a whole lot of difference. 💛
Thankyou for these lovely tips to cope with the same, Joy! 🤗
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
Oooff yes. Especially with friends you’ve grown up. Like after leaving school. It’s almost inevitable that a lot of them end since you won’t be seeing each other almost daily anymore. It’s tough to cope with at first! But, like you said, not every friendship is supposed to last forever. Sadly.
Always with the wise’iest of wise words Sun!! Every effort does count <3💜
@innateJoy9602
Aww yes exactly, with school friendships it's more of a "seeing the same people 5+ days a week for many years at once" so ofcourse that's our entire "social" circle haha! But when that ends, so do many friendships, I think it's when we may realise that most of it was just "acquaintances" or friends that we went to school with, not necessarily friends for life or beyond. Just sadddddd! :')
Hehe always the sweetest, thankyouuu, Joyy!💜