How to Let Go of a Toxic Relationship & Heal Yourself

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1.) Recognise that it’s toxic

Accepting that your relationship is toxic is the first step. Before you can free yourself from a toxic relationship, you have to admit to yourself that the relationship isn’t okay. You may have tried to justify them to yourself countless of times but you are still in pain. Don’t let your fear talk you back into the vicious cycle.

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2.) Cut off contact

Keeping in contact is only going to make it harder. Delete them from social media, your contact list or block their number. Use your will power to resist checking up on them, scrolling through their social media, asking your mutual friends how they are doing. You need to break the addiction you have to this person and change your habits. Cut off contact and help your mind help you move on.

3.) Let go and find closure

Finding closure is one way that would allow you to let go of a toxic relationship. Closure can come from within by recognising all the ways that the relationship went wrong in the first place. Symbolic gestures such as writing a goodbye letter or burning old photographs can be a useful way to help you let go of the pain and orient you emotionally and spiritually.

4.) Pursue growth and self-understanding

A break-up offers the perfect opportunity for self-development. Use your energy to work on healing and growing as an individual. Rediscover who you are outside of the relationship, take up a new hobby and find new interests. Learn how to create heathy boundaries with people around you. Define what you want – if you don’t know what you are looking for, how can you possibly find it?

5.) Seek help

If the problems in your life are stopping you from functioning well or feeling good, professional help can make a big difference. Therapy allows you to heal, find out any negative patterns or self-defeating behaviours that keep you away from finding the love you deserve. Often these things operate subconsciously. By exploring your feelings and experiences, you can heal, become more self-aware and be free from a toxic relationship pattern.

Sujaree Kuenghakit

Psychotherapist

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