Coaching practices for How to Get Past Being Ghosted

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• I keep telling myself to just move past what they did and not make a big deal of it, so I never actually look the hurt in the face
• Things have gone cool and stiff with someone and we’re both just frozen, neither willing to make the first move or have the awkward talk
• I keep waiting for them to apologize, to suffer, to somehow earn my forgiveness before I’ll give it
• I thought I’d let it go, and then weeks later the old anger floods back out of nowhere
• There’s so much I never got to say to them, and so much happening now I wish I could tell them

Practices that may help

1. R — Recall the hurt
   Face what happened deliberately and calmly, without minimizing it or replaying it as a victim.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
2. Use a small ask to repair a strained relationship
   In a cool or conflicted relationship, asking for a small favor can reset the dynamic more effectively than doing one.
   The Ben Franklin Effect, Made Practical
3. A — Give the Altruistic gift of forgiveness
   Recall a time you were forgiven, and offer forgiveness as a gift rather than a transaction.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
4. H — Hold on when the hurt comes back
   When resentment returns, don’t take it as proof you failed — recall your commitment and re-choose.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
5. Speak or write to the person directly
   Address the deceased in letters, journal entries, or internal dialogue as a form of active continuing connection.
   Continuing Bonds in Grief, Made Practical
6. Self-soothe and signal when stonewalling
   If you are flooded, take a real break and signal it clearly -- then return.
   The Four Horsemen: Gottman's Warning Signs of Relationship Breakdown
7. Task 1: Accept the full reality of the loss
   Move from intellectual acknowledgement to full emotional acceptance that the person is gone.
   Worden’s Tasks of Mourning, Made Practical
8. C — Commit publicly to the forgiveness you felt
   Mark the forgiveness concretely — write it, say it, date it — so you can return to it later.
   Forgiveness: The REACH Model
9. Repair a poor response
   When you respond badly to good news, circle back and give the engaged response you missed.
   Active-Constructive Responding, Made Practical
10. Be Interested: listen and show that you are listening
    Attend to the other person’s perspective with genuine curiosity, not just patience.
    GIVE: DBT’s Skill for Preserving Relationships During Difficult Conversations

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