Sometimes, you just don’t have anymore energy left to explain why you’re stepping back (especially when they actually know why)
Sometimes we can find ourselves in the position of knowing about what someone has done and not having the energy to get into some big ‘ole thing about it. It’s not because we’re letting it slide or that we’re too afraid to deal with it; it’s more that due to what we...
When we’re afraid of letting ourselves or others ‘off the hook’
Being let off the hook is about being released out of what could be an unpleasant or at the very least difficult situation, or being released out of something that we don’t want to do. When we feel that we or someone is on the hook for something, it’s fundamentally...
Understanding why an ex is spreading misinformation about you (or building a case against you to break up)
Breakups, even expected and mutual ones, often feel like a kick a teeth, but a breakup feels like a mugging when it comes to light that our ex has been in effect, poisoning the waters by saying things about us that are not true or are certainly exaggerated. Why would...
Do You Really Need To Investigate What Someone’s Intentions Were Or Prove That You’re ‘Right’?
I got talking with someone recently who revealed that they’ve just spent over a year – that would be over 365 days – researching what they thought may be their ex’s issues, because they wanted to clarify whether he had a ‘condition’...
