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Getting Ghosted In Love Hurts Much More Than Rejection
Why I’ll never apologize for being vulnerable (KTHT Feb Prompt)
Ghosting seems to be the nom du jour.
One day you meet someone special with whom you feel a deep connection because you share many things in common, perhaps even a piece of their soul. Things escalated, all fire and gravity, until the decision point.
Then it’s the same old story. Two people connect online, everything goes great until one fine day — BOOM! One of them vanishes into thin air. The other person is left thinking, “Wait, what just happened?”
Imagine if the scenario was more than just a few casual texts exchanged. The hurt hits differently, far worse than rejection, because, with rejection, you at least have a reason. But with ghosting, there is no closure.
You’re left with grief and a sense of loss, like losing a loved one. But the sad part is the ghoster was never yours, to begin with. So on top of everything, you’re stuck with assumptions about what you did or said wrong, the powerlessness of it, and a deep sense of guilt and shame for being so open and trusting. Meanwhile, your self-esteem takes a massive hit from the disrespect of being left hanging without any explanation.
