Unrequited love produces a lot of suffering, simply because when a person falls in love, they really want to be reciprocated. However, the laws of the heart are unpredictable and many stories do not have that ideal ending in the lover's mind. Fortunately, you have an infinite resilience capacity to overcome this pain because this discomfort is not eternal, but a period of your destiny.
In Psychology-Online we give you the keys to turn the page and we will tell you how to forget an unrequited love, starting from the care of your own self-esteem as a potential element of well-being. Because to forget this lack of love, you must start by loving yourself unconditionally.
There are different types of love and self-esteemit is your source of well-being in any circumstance. How to increase your self-esteem in this situation?
- Don't take yourself personally this situation. That person not loving you has nothing to do with your own personal worth. You are a unique person regardless of your feelings.
- You are not a victim, you are the protagonist of your life. You are the protagonist of this heartbreak. While the role of victim leads you to compassion, on the contrary, the role of protagonist leads you to the freedom to make decisions.
- Talk about what happened. It is normal that you need to vent and express the anger that you feel in some moments, and the sadness that you feel in others. But talk about this part of your life with people you truly trust. Since only true friendship is truly therapeutic in this type of situation.
- Be patient and give yourself time. Nobody forgets an unrequited love from one day to the next. Do not set deadlines. Just live. And life itself will put new joys and surprises on your way.
- Go to nature. It organizes excursions in contact with nature since walks through the countryside are nutritious at the mental level since they facilitate introspection, silence and peace. In this way, you disconnect from those thoughts of pain, and connect with the present physically and mentally.
- Do not become unforgettable to a person who does not deserve that merit in your life. That person is not guilty of not loving you. However, do not give him the privilege of occupying a priority position in your story when he has not contributed to your happiness through his time, his words and his actions. Write a goodbye letter. Do not send the message to the recipient. Simply express everything you would like to say and feel the strength that this message gives you to mark a point of inflection in your self-esteem because it is you who, through this gesture, make the decision to forget that person definitely.
With all these tips, you will be able to forget an unrequited love and regain your self-love and confidence to recover from this complicated blow.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
