Undoing the emotional damage of ghosting may be possible with, well, unghosting.
That last bit on accountability is key, though.
Even so, thats not sufficient reason alone to unghost.
Not only are you returning yourself to an unhealthy position, but youre subjecting your friend to the same.
You want to be sure that by unghosting, you wouldnt just be forcing yourself upon them.
That ambiguity is what really tends to harm people, because we have a lot of trouble grieving ambiguities.
friendship coach, author ofFighting for Our Friendships, and host of theFriend Forwardpodcast
That ambiguity is what really tends to harm people because we have a lot of trouble grieving ambiguities.
If youre open to it, Id love to share what happened.
Thank you so much for considering.
Remember that no one is questioning the validity of whatever your reasons were, says Jackson.
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