Psychology Study Examines Self-Concepts Post-Breakup
March 9th, 2010
It may come as no surprise to most people that romantic relationships can have a profound impact on one’s emotions, but the idea that people may actually change their own concept of themselves is likely to be more foreign. Recently, a study published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin investigated how people’s sense of self changes after the end of a relationship. The research found that partners tend to experience a diminished understanding of themselves during this period, and may even represent themselves as being small or more limited than before. The work may help counselors and therapists provide better services to those seeking treatment for relationship woes.
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yes, some people do tend to think of themselves as being wrong and something that they are not, mostly because they start to blame themselves for whatever happened and also because in some cases the other person may have blamed them of being like that.
After most breakups that I have experienced I have felt a bit on the worthless side for a while, even after those breakups that I knew were ultimately for the best. I will wonder what is wrong with me- why I am not lovable enough or good enough to make a relationship stick. I see how self centered this is though actually because it is typically all about me- guess that shows I have not really found the right person yet.
i have seen a lot of friends undergoing short periods of depression after a breakup and they often say things like ‘I am such a loser’ or ‘I cannot keep anyone,can i?’ i just feel these kind of things bring down your [perception of the self and also hurt your self-confidence.
i had an interesting argument with a co-worker on which i would like some opinions on the subject…. if you guys dont mind the argument is over whether living with someone be for you get married is a good idea or a bad idea, i think it has more advantages it will bring to the relationshit then disadvantages, he is arguing that it is not a good idea because he says that “living with someone be for marrige leeds to trouble” which i beleive he meens sex(hes very relegious) which there are studys that proove that statement is true, which is one of the disadvantages, yes i agree, but in my opinion that doesnt meen its entirely a bad idea, for instance why get married to someone you dont love, i beleive one of the best ways to find whether you REALLY are in love, you will be able to live with them for at least3-6 years and still have the same love for that person or its one of the only ways you will TRUELY get to know someone. which led me to this site i was i was wanting to further my rebutle with evidence on why the majority of people break up, i would beleive that there are many many many reasons people break up but there is one common thing they have in common is that they found that they are not in love with that other person becuse they turned out they are not the person they thought they were, if any of you know of a study that shows those statistics plz let me know of it, and would like to see more opinions on the subject
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