How to End a Long-Term Relationship

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Beth Patterson, psychotherapist and grief counselor, and we're going to be talking now, about how to end a long term relationship. Sometimes what happens in a long term relationship, is that we forget about ourselves, so a piece of insurance advice I would give you to begin with, is to always maintain your own identity, as well as the relationship, when you're in the relationship, so maintain your own interests, maintain your own friends, take some time out for yourself, and that way, if a relationship does end, and things do end in life, for a variety of reasons. That way you won't be quite as crushed, or as hurt, so remember who your friends are. Maintain those friendships during the relationship, and then you can more naturally maintain them afterwards, and maintain your interests. When you end a long term relationship, it's easy to isolate ourselves. It's easy to go into a shell, and if you've, throughout the relationship, maintained your interests and your friends, it will be easier to get the support you need, if it does end, so I hope that advice has been helpful to you. Best of luck moving forward."