Psychologist On Why You’re Better Off Accepting The Breakup Than Staying Emotionally Connected

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  • @DrMaikaSteinborn
    @DrMaikaSteinborn  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Remember to subscribe, if you're new here 🙂 👉 t1p.de/2o0n and you can find more videos on healing from a breakup in my breakup playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLzRKYOPcN3c_Xe00PbgF5fL88D8DNZHkH.html

  • @zahradehghani8771
    @zahradehghani8771 หลายเดือนก่อน +148

    it's been 17 days of no contact. i just hope after 6 month i came here and edit this comment and say i feel better . i am moving forward

    • @noticeyourneighbor8649
      @noticeyourneighbor8649 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      I’m at about the same place you are. It’s been 3 weeks and two days. We will make it through this and past this. Happier days are ahead of us.

    • @anthonywhite6895
      @anthonywhite6895 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      week 3 😢

    • @cynthiasanchez9286
      @cynthiasanchez9286 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My First month

    • @lindachyne8293
      @lindachyne8293 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      It's day 1 for me

    • @zahradehghani8771
      @zahradehghani8771 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      guys thank you all for reminding but I wanna say sth happened and I broke no contact.. It's day 4th now unfortunately.. I am trying so hard .. I watched a video from Dr Romani that she was explaining why we keep this trauma bond..bc we prefer the familiar hell to unknown heaven... anyway ... I pray for all us and I am trying to forgive myself that I couldn't keep my indifference .❤

  • @hithardbutfoul3027
    @hithardbutfoul3027 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

    This pain is unbearable, I hope and pray anyone going through this can find peace. I’ve been divorced and dumped by a new girlfriend since October of 2023. I have a high tolerance to physical pain but I am emotionally fragile when it comes to moving on…..I wish all of you the best

    • @muhairabumgaiseeb5739
      @muhairabumgaiseeb5739 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      you are afraid that you won’t be fine by yourself and you are wrong. you define yourself and nobody else

    • @Goodwillwinoverevil1984
      @Goodwillwinoverevil1984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@muhairabumgaiseeb5739 Thanks. What's hard about break-ups is the rejection. Also, I feel like some men they are soo superficial/shallow, they think they can do better than you! The key words are frustration and disappointment for me. I can't believe I spent six months learning about him, building memories together, being intimate, meeting his stupid family, to nothing. I don't like his family either they have an air of arrogance to them! I wish I never met him to be honest. This fat white guy! It's been a year and my god my trust in people but especially men! He was a nerd (not that I didn't like nerds) but worse was that he was immature daddy's boy in his 40's who still lived with his parents! He thought he could get someone in their twenties instead. Like cruel much??!!

    • @misterbxiv
      @misterbxiv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Same, September/october 2023, she ended our 9 year relationship. I was shocked. And I’m still in unbearable pain/sadness from it. Trying to move on, but it’s so hard

    • @SaptuHIT
      @SaptuHIT 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm on the same boat .. the pain is really unbearable. Not fading away with time

    • @TheGalilee416
      @TheGalilee416 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Right there with you. It’s the worst pain ever. Feels hopeless but I know I’ll get back up and move on at some point

  • @jx8959
    @jx8959 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    "It's so painful that I begged God to heal my heart. "
    "Never again", I said to myself, to ever give someone that power to hurt me like this.

  • @DaveSustain
    @DaveSustain 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is the content one must actually watch post a breakup. The 'how to get your ex back videos' only do more damage giving you unrealistic hopes and keep you from healing.

  • @cammichristensen6705
    @cammichristensen6705 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    This is very well said. “Do you want to be someone’s backup plan?”

    • @sunnykhan5451
      @sunnykhan5451 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My ex is also sending me messages even after divorce messages like oh the song just come on whilst i was in taxi having an overseas holiday in Ibiza sure you miss me in Ibiza post divorce holiday just after a week she left for Ibiza haha... and another email come after2 days oh the her grand ma is sick etc as she knows i was close to her I didn't reply to that either as I want to heal from it all. if I wasnt good enough for her then bye.

  • @ShadowlandStudio
    @ShadowlandStudio 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    I really didn't not want to hear this. I really don't want it to be over, it was not my choice and I feel like I had/have a total lack of control. I just really don't want to be where I am. So this was good to hear but very hard to accept.

    • @n.groulx4114
      @n.groulx4114 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      My relationship break up is a separation with a baby horse I raised where a situation became out of my control. It's similar in that I'd much rather be part of her every day life and future like before. It's very painful to think of our sudden separation. I often find myself falling into the bargaining or depression part of grief. Two thoughts keep me moving forward. One is to "Let go and feed your soul" meaning to do the emotional / spiritual processing work now, instead of staying in resistance. The second is the Serenity Prayer (which is kind of the same thing said in another way): Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. We must treat ourselves with the same compassion as we would a friend - do the emotional operation that allows the pain to be lifted. I feel your pain - it's definitely not easy to let go. I think Maika's right though - we're made to heal. So newness will probably come on it's own, with our own cooperation! Best wishes, and you're not alone in how you feel.

    • @sirtianplz
      @sirtianplz หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fucking amen to this.

    • @marko5472
      @marko5472 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You can always try to get your ex back. It is not impossible, trust me.

  • @wandf1812
    @wandf1812 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +232

    Of course it hurts, but she sent me on my path of self-improvement for me and only me. The breakup was right and it showed me, that i never really was ready for a relationship. So now i‘ll work on myself and it will take time. I‘m grateful for the time and memories we had, but now it’s my time. (She broke up with me)

    • @joseamaya697
      @joseamaya697 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      You’re not alone, going through the same thing brother.

    • @amelie-db7gu
      @amelie-db7gu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Same same. Great self awareness 🙌

    • @daveo9844
      @daveo9844 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Same. Honestly I’m crap in relationships 🙁

    • @jinxedking
      @jinxedking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      right here with you

    • @Pneuma84
      @Pneuma84 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You’re not alone, being through the process 9 months ago, crossed my path twice, with another man, it wasn’t easy to manage but, it’s a process

  • @NovaSky333
    @NovaSky333 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    I don’t WANT to let go😢 But I know I NEED to. Hence, here I am burning these words into my brain🤍

  • @noneya703
    @noneya703 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    You are a separate single individual who does not belong attached to something that no longer exists. Very enlightening. Thank you.

  • @CORNFLAKESGAMINGX
    @CORNFLAKESGAMINGX 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    there is no other creator who gives the most realistic advices when it comes to these topics. The best

  • @alicew87
    @alicew87 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I’ve been sleeping to your videos because I’m going through it. It has helped so much

    • @jwhubert91
      @jwhubert91 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same.

  • @basketballgod2791
    @basketballgod2791 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    The hardest part is hurting someone and then not realizing you love them until they stop giving you access to them.
    I could have another girl easily, but they will never be like her. We as men have got to realize when we have a good woman in front of us before it’s too late.

    • @vixter28
      @vixter28 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@basketballgod2791
      Yup my boyfriend just dumped me and I’m probably the best thing he’s ever ever gonna have -
      He’s an alcoholic and I put up with a lot of sh*t from him, but I still stuck by his side and accepted him for who he was & he still threw it away and now he can’t come back - hurts like hell us women go through hurt too 😢 💔

    • @vixter28
      @vixter28 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@basketballgod2791
      Could you tell that to my ex boyfriend? He threw our relationship away bc of his insecurities, and wouldn’t talk to me about it, I stood by him, supported him, didn’t cheat etc
      Now it’s over and he will not be able to get me back because he did too much damage women hurt too 😢💔

    • @BurtBot
      @BurtBot 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This 👆

    • @Danny_pagan
      @Danny_pagan 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Its not "men" problem. Its a YOU problem.

    • @GabrielXDrums
      @GabrielXDrums 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Danny_paganyou should take your own advice.

  • @mikewilliams235
    @mikewilliams235 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Such a good feeling when you finally understand that you no longer want to see them again and that nothing on Earth would make you go back. Your emotions literally turn 180 degrees, from doing anything to get back, to block that number, delete everything.
    Then you gotta face up to what you did to keep that rollercoaster rolling, learn the lessons and move back into yourself again.

  • @AM-ut7dg
    @AM-ut7dg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I asked maika in a comment on a previous video if she could make a video for people who are having a hard time moving on from their ex. This is the SECOND time she had answered one of my video requests with a video! Wow! Maika thank you so much for your help, and I really have to applaud you for caring so much about your viewers enough to actually take on their requests. I really hope your channel blows up too because your takes are always helpful. Thank you 🙏

  • @GreenCloud492
    @GreenCloud492 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Nostalgia is a monster, it makes me feel so sad and gives me weird mixed emotions. Thank you so much for this video.

  • @peonieng5783
    @peonieng5783 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    i love how calming your voice is. your videos have been saving me these days. you’re like a friend that i can share my story without being judged. thank you!

  • @CindyKrueger-z4z
    @CindyKrueger-z4z 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    “Emotional healing over absolute certainty” Key take-away from this fabulous video!

  • @meryamsaeed5472
    @meryamsaeed5472 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This pain is so unbearable I pray it will end soon

  • @harrysherman12345
    @harrysherman12345 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I don’t often watch videos on TH-cam that help me but this video is absolutely fantastic, it is realistic, mature and understanding. There’s no claim about healing in 1 month guarantee or anything like that. Simply understanding reality and how acceptance of a situation can help start the healing process. Thank you for this video.

  • @dandepaz9431
    @dandepaz9431 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The part where it’s okay to stop hoping - is literally the best advice I saw online in the past month since she left me . Thank you 🙏🏻

  • @daniellindner826
    @daniellindner826 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Thank you for posting these videos. They're helping me a lot in getting over my breakup. Ever since the break up a few months ago I was stuck in a state where I felt hope, like I was in control of me and my ex getting back together (partly because I blamed myself for a lot of things). I always thought breakups would get easier the older I get but I came to realise that is not the case. I've watched almost every video in this playlist and it has helped me a lot in reflecting about contributions and accepting the reality. Though it is still painful, I'm calmer and in a much better mental state. Thank you.

    • @DrMaikaSteinborn
      @DrMaikaSteinborn  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I‘m glad the breakup playlist has been helpful 🙂, all the best for your continued journey 🌱

  • @carmiebbt
    @carmiebbt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    i really needed to hear all this 😞 especially when we both still love each other and want to keep each other in our lives

  • @ximeacabal6803
    @ximeacabal6803 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I cried with this. Thank you for making such helpful videos. I love your content, short, direct and focus on people healing not publicity.

  • @MrAmc1291
    @MrAmc1291 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So glad I found you. Going through a painful breakup. I can't stop thinking about her and her children without crying. I know I did nothing wrong and she's got a lot of personal and emotional issues she's dealing with, I still feel like I could've done more. This video is a great first step to me healing and moving forward. You're right, we don't know what the future holds, but I'm not going to wait around for a small amount of hope we'll get back together. I need to move forward with my life and hopefully find someone who will give me the emotional acceptance I yearn for.

  • @namarievenstar
    @namarievenstar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Thank you, Maika. No one had ever explained it so clearly to me. Or perhaps I wasn't ready to understand it. I remained emotionally attached to my ex boyfriend for 8 years. I thought I was doing fine, that I had overcome it, only to discover two months ago that he got married in 2021 and has a child. When I learned the news, I broke down like a giant dam and all the emotions just overflown me.
    The fact that he has an avoidant personality type didn't help either (I only learned about that personality type classification just now while trying to make sense of it all). I did keep receiving mixed signals during the first three years after the separation.
    I have been in therapy since, losing sleep over it, and crying every single day. Let's just say that I acquired a completely new respect for my own mind and its mysteries. I never thought I could have created this 'safe' bubble and survived within it for so many years... I am finally accepting the reality and the break up, but, the cost has been deary. I wish you all that are in pain over a broken heart to find peace and are able to move on. This kind of unendurable pain is not something you'd like anyone to experience...

  • @raysmetaltracks6782
    @raysmetaltracks6782 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Wow.... I didnt realize this is what I was doing. I didnt want to let go, so I was holding on. I didnt even know I was doing it. I romanticize that she will come back, but the reality is something I didnt want to accept. I also realize now that Im not going back to the old me, but a new, different me. She is perfect, and I will miss her. But its time to make that hard decision. I can do this. Thank you.

  • @ReptileLover-qv8vf
    @ReptileLover-qv8vf 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you, Maika. Today, I'm choosing to accept the breakup 100%. No more hope. Moving on to healing.

  • @varnishyourboard
    @varnishyourboard 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Good advice for people with prospects. I'm in the "heartbreak is my identity" phase until the end and I've accepted that.

    • @ruiner29
      @ruiner29 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Heart break sucks,
      Its been my identity lately too and it fn sucks so bad,
      It hurts

  • @believedragons_
    @believedragons_ 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Maika, you're so sincere when speaking about this. Thank you. I had to break up with someone after realizing it's what's best for the both of us, even if we didn't want to do it. This was a complicated anxious (me, which I learned from this) - avoidant situation. The hard part is that I loathe giving up so when the opportunity presented itself at first, I wanted to fight for it. But I realized the hot and cold cycle was going to continue. She wasn't ready. And I needed to leave to protect myself.

  • @Lionandlamb
    @Lionandlamb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I’m going through a separation and this has been the most helpful video I’ve found

  • @alanc7827
    @alanc7827 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is an awesome video with good insights. Thank you for making it Doctor Steinborn. My break up was declared by my ex on September 29th. I still live my life and have gone on one date with a woman that showed so much more attraction and affection to me than my ex, but I didn’t take it further because I won’t allow my emotional connection for my ex to die down. I waited 4 years to get my ex, even refusing friendship and she finally accepted me and my love is so deep for her, that I won’t let it die down until I am certain she’s gone for good. She has me blocked for the time being but I have been in no contact, for almost a month, since being blocked doesn’t stop us from contacting those who we love. Cheers everyone

  • @aerosmith186
    @aerosmith186 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love your videos, and great advice! It'll be almost a year since the breakup of my ex gf, and I'm still at a point where I can't believe this happened. I'm stuck in this anger/love thing. Your advice is spot on. Accept the breakup rather than hold on emotionally. I'll try. Thank you.

  • @jumpinjason
    @jumpinjason 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Thank you for this video. It’s what I needed to hear. I knew all this going into the break up. Throw in a month of sleep depravation, not eating and unbearable heart pain and your emotional decisions take over.She met someone new right away and finding out I honestly said “I love you and am happy for you and support you” But pain and lack of sleep made me decide “I’ll always regret it if I didn’t try everything to get her back”. All that did was prolong my pain, force her to be harsh with me to lovingly make sure I have no hope, and jeopardized any future friendship.
    Holding on has a huge cost. In fact it makes you less attractive and less likely to get back together with the person later on.

  • @RJ-ef4ld
    @RJ-ef4ld หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Maika - This came from a very authentic place within yourself. Thank You!!

  • @ExpontialZ
    @ExpontialZ วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing such a positive, constructive, and emotionally empowering message!
    May Godd bless you in your path of helping others!😊

  • @kenan3444
    @kenan3444 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "you're not taking away the chance to say yes then, by chosing your mental health and healing now."

  • @leticialima558
    @leticialima558 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you ❤ Today I had a breakdown, and I needed to listen to this. Those words exactly. You're amazing!

    • @JimClark-m7j
      @JimClark-m7j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your amazing! Not because I know you, simply because you’re trying to heal and you will heal.

  • @bearface9706
    @bearface9706 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The hardest thing is the relationship felt as perfect as could be, and the breakup was out of the blue without a word of discussion before it was final. She said she wanted to be with me but was scared of being hurt. It feels like her love for me was at the highest peak moments before she left me. Her mum left when she was 4, I think that wound was triggered when things got serious.

    • @IvanCumpian
      @IvanCumpian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Has she come back?

    • @bearface9706
      @bearface9706 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IvanCumpian We've been broken up for 9 weeks now, 6 weeks no contact. It was my birthday 1 week ago and that's when she unfriended me on fb. She did reach out 3 weeks after breakup but just asking how my week was and talking about olympics. She acted like she wasn't affected by the break up but still showed empathy... I think it did affect her, otherwise why unfriend me a day after my birthday?

    • @IvanCumpian
      @IvanCumpian 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bearface9706 sending you a hug bro

  • @kori4580
    @kori4580 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    I’m in my 4th month of no contact and I think I’ve accepted it. My problem is that after 14 years together, I don’t understand how he cheated on me, lied, gaslighted me, abandoned and treated me so cruelly and coldly in the end.

    • @joshy2joshy
      @joshy2joshy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hear you Kori, it's very difficult and only adds to the damage and feelings of betrayal. Finding that closure in ourselves is the key

    • @JimClark-m7j
      @JimClark-m7j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      There probably will never be closure, true closure is something most people do not find and for this reason. Ask yourself? If he gave you an answer and it was the truth, as he knew it, would it still satisfy you? The truth is, probably not. You will probably never get the answer to your questions and if you did, you may not even like or accept them. Closure is a myth. The key is this. For the time that you were together, did the relationship work and served its purpose, hopefully so. We can love other people in our life time. To think in a world of 8 billion people, that there is only one person who can love you back is simply absurd, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Go live your life, do not be bitter. There are 8 billion people and the world will go one without you and I, but this is our only chance at this one life.

    • @tenaciousd1347
      @tenaciousd1347 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ⁠​⁠@@JimClark-m7j”go live your life, do no be bitter” 💗🙏🏼 Beautiful advice. All of it.

    • @MM-zt9tf
      @MM-zt9tf หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Omg! Exactly the same situation! 14 years together and her cheated and lied to me on the last years in a really bad way. He dumped me and is cold! Keeps me with hot and cold and now is done for real and it hurts sooo bad. But I need him back..idk why! I must love myself more but is so hard when you're a bit introvert...

    • @JimClark-m7j
      @JimClark-m7j หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MM-zt9tf you do not need him back, you want him back. You have proven you can live without him. You want him back, so you can show others and yourself that you are not a loser. If you NEEDED him to live your life, you would be dead already. He showed you his character, why are you killing yourself for him. You’re hanging on to a dead relationship, because of your insecurities. Quit blaming him,

  • @stendec
    @stendec 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I have a son with my ex, so coming to terms with the breakup has been a rocky road. I didn't want it so clung on to hope for several months. She's been seeing someone else but trying to keep it hidden from me. I've been such an idiot clinging on to something that wasn't there. I'm not waiting around any more and I'm moving on. You really do have to give up the hope and believe in yourself again. It takes time. It still hurts and I still feel so much guilt for not being able to give my son his family back. You have to let go though. A few months ago I would have done literally anything to make it work with her again, yet now I'm moving on, for myself and for my kid. It can be done, I promise.

  • @Dialyn
    @Dialyn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I needed this calm message. Thank you. 🙏

  • @donnaconiglio4076
    @donnaconiglio4076 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you I really needed to hear this tonight.A painful truth.

  • @mervemerve6792
    @mervemerve6792 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awww❤️ we can do it!!! We will heal with self work + time 🥹
    Thank you Dr Steinborn!
    I really appreciate your resources!!!!

  • @CorriXGaming
    @CorriXGaming 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm so grateful for this video! All of the said things are so true! I needed this very badly. Thank you!

  • @jhunter213
    @jhunter213 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I ended it. And I am inundated with sadness. Despite the lack of reciprocation by the other party. I truly want to grieve.

  • @allin3808
    @allin3808 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Feeling the most incredible pain I didn't even think was possible after being dumped for someone else, despite the deep connection and love between us, despite having solved our issues. I've tried it all to fix things but nothing worked because now, in just a few days that person became more important. I don't know if I'll ever see him again. Your heart and soul just feel ripped off. It's been 3 weeks now and still feels a nightmare. Going through hell right now.

    • @SATANIST66677
      @SATANIST66677 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Really hope ur feeling a lil better...:s

    • @ruiner29
      @ruiner29 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Im in the same boat.
      I messed up and indirectly forced her into another man's arms.
      Ive been replaced.
      It hurts so bad, and all my efforts get me is uncertainty from her.
      She says idk how it will turn out,
      Part of me wants to keep trying,
      But the other part of me wants to reciprocate the idk back....
      This pain sucks so bad

    • @SATANIST66677
      @SATANIST66677 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ruiner29 yeah that pain of having pushed her in the harms of someone else is just on another level man..im still feeling it so hard after a month. I don't even know how I'm gonna let that shit go with winter and the holidays coming soon like damn it's a nightmare

    • @ruiner29
      @ruiner29 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@SATANIST66677 well yeah, like, im like, she's gonna be there with him for the holiday's? Like , to be true and let her go, would be right for her, snd me and my self fixing,
      But it hurts so bad, but i never wanted to chain her down,

  • @marcopasin7842
    @marcopasin7842 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dr Maika...How I survived without you until today?! Please continue like this. Thank you

  • @johnbutcher4748
    @johnbutcher4748 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    If they chose to open the door, let em walk through it.

  • @andrewcampbell7702
    @andrewcampbell7702 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I have had massive breakup pain for four months. I was blindsided with an 'it's over' text after one year. Nothing she said made any sense. Then four weeks later there was a car on her drive early one morning. She had found someone else. How can women be so incredibly cruel, I am devastated.

    • @jegonzales1
      @jegonzales1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      4 days ago I walked in and saw her with naked in bed with another man. Consider yourself lucky you don’t have that image in your head

    • @mezlandia
      @mezlandia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Women tend to detach emotionally before they do physically. We generally grieve right away whereas it takes some time for men to start grieving. Be easy on yourself. You deserve your love.

    • @TheLastSamurai813
      @TheLastSamurai813 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mezlandia yep I'm learning this now. My ex broke up with me in mid July after almost 4 years together. I'm now 40 and she is 31. She said she has emotionally given up on this relationship months ago as in Feb. She said she gave me many chances to change but I didn't and just kept my ways and it was enough is enough for her. She broke up with me on the phone in a 1 min convo. I didn't reach out for almost 2 months then texted her to talk and try and get my closure, That was a mistake as I heard many things I didn't want to hear but at the same time I needed to hear to start moving on. Its so hard to live with knowing my depression and sheltering out myself was the cause of me losing the love of my life. It wasn't easy hearing her say move on try some dating sites, I don't see myself spending my life with you anymore and I'm not going backwards its over forever.

    • @LadyE9714
      @LadyE9714 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At least you received a text. Several months in, things seemed great, and then, nothing. No response to my outreach.

  • @markcool8750
    @markcool8750 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As always 💯 correct!
    I have accepted and gone through the emotional connection, and I have now detached that from me. It's an empowering feeling.
    Thank you, Maika ❤
    You are the best😘

  • @oliverdaxplayground9812
    @oliverdaxplayground9812 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is spot on in all levels. Thank you🙂❤️

  • @navyavarshini2267
    @navyavarshini2267 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much for making these videos. It’s truly helping me to overcome my heartbreak . Really feeling so grateful to you ❤

  • @CaptainBobTR13CK
    @CaptainBobTR13CK หลายเดือนก่อน

    I needed to hear this. It still hurts, but thank you.

  • @JohnADuerk
    @JohnADuerk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this content. It's what I needed to hear tonight.

  • @Cobra-vq6qr
    @Cobra-vq6qr หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's possible that you saw the breakup coming and you prepared for it ahead of time. Makes getting over the relationship easier. Nothing worse than being in a marriage that makes you feel alone, isolated, and all the problems are your fault.

  • @Regina25655
    @Regina25655 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is such wonderful, tender and honest advice. Thank you

  • @JudiciousJaguar
    @JudiciousJaguar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow.. these videos are like a light breeze in your mind, that let you think in such a relaxing way even if you're in a break-up state
    Thanks you so much, every time I feel relieved and a step further for my self improvement! ✨

  • @efthimios
    @efthimios 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This explained my life exactly right now. I’m stuck. Bad things were don’t to me , after 20 year marriage infidelity, abuse , estranged from my daughter. I forgave and tried only for my wife to make me feel like I’m the one at fault and not sincere. Im in shock how you were able to describe exactly what I’m doing not accepting it in my head it hearts and let go and allow for new things to happen. I work a lot and keep busy and hope for something to change. I know when into no about it the horrible things she did to me and I don’t know why I’m not angry and forgive and keep thinking they are my wife and family and I should keep trying.

  • @melaniesyx
    @melaniesyx หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What I'm experiencing is kind of a "limbo breakup". We didn't have any problems within the relationship. We broke up due to external forces. We're still very much in love with each other. That I can be certain. However by lowering down my hope, I'm not removing the possibility of getting back together anyway. It just helps me heal faster. If we're meant to be together, we'll be together. That said, I find it very hard to stop hoping entirely especially because of the way we parted. But whenever I find myself hoping, I just kindly tell myself to stop there.

    • @melaniesyx
      @melaniesyx หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To anyone going through a similar situation, where you simply cannot reduce your hope level to zero because both parties are still in love with each other and there's a real possiblity to get back together if circumstances change, I'd say instead of assuming the worst (which counters the hope but worsens the mood), say "I don't know". Accept the uncertainty.

    • @twinbeatz1146
      @twinbeatz1146 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@melaniesyx💯💯💯

  • @gerardredfern7339
    @gerardredfern7339 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Dr Maika. thank you.
    You have saved my life.And I mean that.
    I'm out of the darkness now!

  • @monsutades9999
    @monsutades9999 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd love to see a video on what may qualify a healthy situation to get back together with someone.
    Thank you for the amazing content!

    • @DrMaikaSteinborn
      @DrMaikaSteinborn  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have you seen this video? Psychologist On If It Makes Sense To Get Back Together With Your Ex | 10 Points To Consider th-cam.com/video/Osw3fxT5a98/w-d-xo.html

  • @fuzzypanda1684
    @fuzzypanda1684 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I had already accepted the identity that everyone I care about either leaves me, betrays me, abandons me, or breaks me heart, which is why I had my walls up and refused to let anyone in. Then I met a girl who chipped away at those walls and slowly burrowed into my heart and soul, proving over and over that she actually was different and that I could actually trust her. After 3 years, I finally gave in and trusted her completely, throwing off that identity for the first time.
    Less than a week later, she left me out of the blue for a guy she'd met the week before. It's safe to say I will never let anyone in again, trust anyone, or ignore that voice again for the rest of my life. All she did was make me THINK I'd finally escaped that identity, only to confirm that it is in fact, my permanent identity. The timing makes me think it's just another practical joke from the universe.

  • @safficus1
    @safficus1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for your videos on break ups, you've helped me more than I can say ❤️

  • @Achtergelatenhond
    @Achtergelatenhond 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. You speak genuinly and straight to the heart. This was spot on ❤

  • @jenniferh6611
    @jenniferh6611 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He broke up with me 6 months ago and I ruminate over it daily. I can say yes in the future and move on with life. This really helped me, thank you.

  • @BadalKaushal-yx7kg
    @BadalKaushal-yx7kg 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was amazing absolutely bang on

  • @dale116dot7
    @dale116dot7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really felt that the breakup happened for me over a couple of years. Once we broke it off, I felt suddenly done, I feel no pain, but relief. But the past couple of years has been very distant, and I really tried to get closer, tried to get her to come in closer, only to get pushed away hundreds of times. She could not believe I broke it off, but I really tried, and some mutual friends were surprised I didn’t break up with her several years ago. I held on far too long.

  • @ac1paradigm
    @ac1paradigm หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you. I really enjoy your videos. Very helpful!

  • @scottparker1055
    @scottparker1055 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The pain is unbearable. Going through it now!!!

  • @barbaraandrews5
    @barbaraandrews5 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I recently went through a difficult breakup. My five year relationship ended a month ago, and it's been incredibly hard. I still have so much love for my ex girlfriend, and I can't seem to get her out of my mind. Despite my best efforts to win her back, nothing has worked, and the thought of being with anyone else feels impossible right now. I know it might sound odd to share this here, but I miss her deeply and can't stop thinking about her.

  • @cloudeia6894
    @cloudeia6894 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You come across as caring yet very stern, and it feels.. different but also like i kinda need that?

  • @asafselevanay1330
    @asafselevanay1330 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I don't want her ever to be in my life again, but I want to see God, karma and Univeral make her suffer for what she did to me by cheating, breadcrumb and stonewalling for 3 months. I was loving and caring boyfriend did not deserve this brutal breakup out of blue. Saturday night kissed her good night by Sunday afternoon she become monster towards me. Breakup without closure and betrayal involved are worst of the worst bc it's traumatizing.

    • @andrewsunderland9402
      @andrewsunderland9402 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was in same boat after two years she left for a guy from high-school just found out after year they are engaged. Man she used me bad and the manipulative, gaslighting, ect.. I think she changed for him it sucks

    • @andrewsunderland9402
      @andrewsunderland9402 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @asafselevanay1330 I feel you brother and it sucks because it's like the universe is ass backwards we suffer while they are happy with the new person

    • @nosakhareobakpoler9825
      @nosakhareobakpoler9825 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I we t through a similar situation. He was future faking me for three years

    • @kennysmith4245
      @kennysmith4245 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@nosakhareobakpoler9825me too. Two years and counting.

  • @benasbaranovskis639
    @benasbaranovskis639 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I do not have a lot of relationship exp, but I had two and both ended in break-ups. In both the girl would break up with me. What I learned (and still am learning) that 'No contact' works. No contact means basically that they are dead to you. No looking at their pictures, no stalking on social media. No calls.
    Sometimes I feel guilty when I do this, because the other person may still be there and may still want to be together, but if they did not want to be there in the first place, why they are changing their choice. Therefore understanding that you feel guilt is not bad, tho you need to coerse this emotion into understanding where you were wrong about them and what you did not right yourself.
    Break-up can be seen as positive, if you frame it that way. What you can learn from that exp about humanity is valuable.

  • @capkid3459
    @capkid3459 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your videos are so helpful, I´m really tankful for them.

  • @AdamEfrati
    @AdamEfrati 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video!

  • @Snout007
    @Snout007 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It has been 6 weeks past our breakup (2 years long relationship). I met her a few times after she moved out, we agreed to be together again a few times but she would always drift apart after I came back to my town. Untill she didn't wanted to meet me anymore but still wanted to talk daily.
    She wanted to keep me as a friend. Today I finally put a stop to it. It was very hard to do. I love her. I would love to keep talking to her daily but she is drifting apart, she is talking about us going separate ways but keeping contact and that is too painful to me because I actually want to be with her.
    But this is the only way to heal. Life sucks sometimes.

  • @gemwebb
    @gemwebb 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you.

  • @3000phoneix
    @3000phoneix 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You are a life saver
    Thank you 👍👍

  • @hiljoks
    @hiljoks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you a lot. I really needed to hear this

  • @nr5919
    @nr5919 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So good. I really needed this

  • @scottparker1055
    @scottparker1055 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After all the times I was there for her how can a person just do that to you? I truly felt like my heart and mind was played with after we initially separated in September 2023 after 4 years. Then I’m July this year at 5 years to the date we met she officially said that’s it with a proud and boastful voice. She seems very happy and proud now.

    • @citizencain454
      @citizencain454 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Going thru virtually the same thing. It helps you get over them when they’re so arrogant. You were special enough to attract someone like her into your life , you can do it again. But this time you’ll be even better . With someone even healthier. Not sure if you plan on keeping in contact , but I wouldn’t. Show strength by walking away. Get revenge by making something awesome out of your life . She’ll catch wind of it someday somehow. You never know what’s going to happen in the future . Keep looking for good and positive things to happen . And they will!

  • @bernadetak3991
    @bernadetak3991 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I broke up 3 weeks ago. And I just can't stop crying and I can't let it go and keep everyday contact and look at my phone all day. Even though my partner stated multiple times he doesn't love me and isn't attracted to me and he's just with me because he doesn't want to be alone. It's still pretty early but I cry every day and I'm scared I'll never stop. I know all of you in the coments experience similar hurt and it makes me hopeful if some of you moved on I can do it too.❤️

  • @blastprosful
    @blastprosful หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible advice
    Thank you

  • @jaialaiwarrior
    @jaialaiwarrior 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'm sure it's the best general advice but very GenX and younger centric. As people age finding better opportunities becomes harder and harder and of course there are plenty of scenarios where a partner leaves through death or a worsening mental illness. These situations are not uncommon and allow for completely different coping strategies. There are are widows who never remarry for a reason and no one looks down on them for honoring the memory of their "ex" until their own death as well. The video is glib to ignore this psychology and how it might also justifiably apply. The more these situations accumulate over a lifetime especially among people who have reason to feel confident in their relationships the harder it becomes to trust one's own judgement and the easier it is to find relationships that compromise yourself and a subsequent partner. The number of reasons for just "giving up" are endless, especially in an age of dating apps that deceive people into thinking their options are endless rather than just filled with people addicted to the mate market "chase" and who are in reality more closed off and selfish than ever.

  • @GriftyMcPants
    @GriftyMcPants 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I very much appreciate this. Thank you.

  • @NikScott435
    @NikScott435 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Accepting what is in this video is key to begin the self reflection and healing process after a breakup. While it's only been 4 days since my partner unexpectedly broke up with me, repeat watching this video helps me to keep in the present by not only thinking about the good times we had, the last of which was 3 days before the breakup.
    Personally speaking, having previously seen a therapist to process trauma in my childhood, I'm finding the emotional learning and tools I gained from that, combined with Dr Steinborn's excellent videos, are helping me to process and accept the sudden loss of the emotional connection I had with my ex and our relationship.
    For those who are at the start of a breakup when your head and heart feel all over the place, I wish you lots of strength to help you navigate through this very tough time. Take care.x

    • @NikScott435
      @NikScott435 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      To clarify, this doesn't mean that the sadness and waves of grief go away immediately, but experiencing both while knowing there's no hope of a reunion, is part of the healing.

  • @loaboanm961
    @loaboanm961 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was very healing

  • @jaydub7386
    @jaydub7386 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It took me eight months to let things sink in. I ruminated, I denied, because I wasn't able to accept to pain of the breakup all at once. No one can, that's why there's denial it lets you accept it gradually over time.

  • @faria7727
    @faria7727 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Doctor, I don’t mean to come off weird but you have the prettiest eyes. I’ve never seen that shade before, they’re almost violet looking. So pretty.

  • @ChrisTrysToDoIt
    @ChrisTrysToDoIt 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    2 weeks in after being told she wants to divorce. I go to sleep feeling I’ve made progress and accepted it. Then wake up back to the pain and still wanting her like an endless cycle. This video helps, I just need more time it seems.

  • @jelser4764
    @jelser4764 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    She constantly threw up her hands and walked away and then cut off communication completely and then wondered why I was an emotional wreck....I love her but her lack of effort has shown me a lot over a year.... so I wish her all the best but I'm going to heal and better myself and if It's in the stars that maybe we come back into each other's lives...then I'll assess whether or not it's the best thing for where I want my life and if a relationship with her again would threaten my peace

  • @Dshondennise
    @Dshondennise 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Been 5 months no contact I’m finally wanting to leave them out my mind and I’m trying to allow it to really move me towards healing I hope soon I’ll be able to get over it .

  • @Kartikjh24
    @Kartikjh24 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Ma'am..
    Thanks a lot on using this platform to help people.
    I request you to make a video on How to develop a secure attachment style.

    • @DrMaikaSteinborn
      @DrMaikaSteinborn  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes I will 👍🏻

    • @Kartikjh24
      @Kartikjh24 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DrMaikaSteinborn thanks a lot

  • @jiammin
    @jiammin 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This video is so true 😢

  • @xsarccx
    @xsarccx 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It´s been 6 months since the breakup 2 months without contact, still overthinking a lot but moved forward, started a new hobby, going outside more often meeting friends, if I see something of interrest..like a concert..i just buy a ticket for myself instead of holding me back because of the fear to go alone. I don´t want to miss out anymore. In 3 days she has her birthday, I still have stuff of her - now contemplatiting if i send it to her or not, add a note or not, ass her favourite snack or not...

  • @Zfaith_fitness_detox
    @Zfaith_fitness_detox 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Brutal, but so true…

  • @irinasantolina7787
    @irinasantolina7787 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely love your content! You have such a calming and soothing voice, just listening to it is therapeutical. Speaking of breakups, I wish you had some advice for people who can't get a date in the first place (I know it is a minefield though) :)

    • @DrMaikaSteinborn
      @DrMaikaSteinborn  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm glad my videos resonate with and help you 🙂🙏🙋. What specifically would you like to hear about in connection to getting a date - there's so much that could be said about it?

    • @irinasantolina7787
      @irinasantolina7787 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@DrMaikaSteinborn Thank you for the reply! I wish could figure out how to keep my self-worth being shattered by repeated rejections. Right now I am caught in this cycle where I rebuild my self-esteem from the ground up, then meet someone I like who I think likes me back. Then I get rejected (sometimes not very politely) and all my work to rebuild self-worth is wasted. Rinse and repeat :)

    • @irinasantolina7787
      @irinasantolina7787 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DrMaikaSteinborn And I wish I could know what you think makes people attractive romantic partners in general :)

  • @Westralia
    @Westralia 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Doc,can you do a video on how to deal with a break up that involves a child/Teen. Most videos involve Ex but not much in there when it involves a child, where a parent practices manipulation to make the child be on her side and the child changes too. Its hard to move on when a child is involved

    • @DrMaikaSteinborn
      @DrMaikaSteinborn  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes, when children are involved it can be more challenging… I‘ll note down your request ✍️

  • @4theloveofytube
    @4theloveofytube 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find myself listening to our songs or lookiig at are pictures it bring my back and i know that so maybe i dont want to let her go