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Emotional Intimacy and Coping


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It seems the less emotional intimacy there is in a relationship the easier it is to cope. Or am I confusing attachment with intimacy? I feel like we lacked emotional intimacy in our relationship. She rarely shared her feelings openly and so I felt that I couldn't share mine as openly as I wanted to. But I'm still grieving the relationship.

 

Does anyone have any experiences they would like to share?

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I would think that the more intimacy and/or attachment, the harder it is to cope. The grief and loss feels stronger if you have had a strong connection severed. Was the breakup recent?

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Definitely true. If you were only ever casually close to someone, it's generally not too tough (sometimes even easy) to move on. But when those deep, soul-level connections are severed ....it's really bad.

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I would think that the more intimacy and/or attachment, the harder it is to cope. The grief and loss feels stronger if you have had a strong connection severed. Was the breakup recent?

 

Yes. It's been over a month.

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