Losing A Friendship Can Hurt As Much As Ending A Relationship

All of us, throughout our lives,  let go of more than one friendship to find new ones. The same is true with love relationships. There are ruptures and new unions that are equally wonderful and happy.

But something we also know is that there are “friendships and friendships”. Our heart, at times, establishes a very intimate and valuable union with a particular person, to the point of becoming an essential pillar in our daily lives.

This data is more relevant in the case of women. According to a study published in the journal  Epidemiology and Community Health,  family relationships have a greater impact on men’s health, while for women the support of friends noticeably improves their physical and emotional well-being .

Therefore, on many occasions, losing a friendship due to a disagreement or a particular problem can have the same effects as ending a love relationship.

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A friendship, a treasure, a daily support

You might like to know that friendship is a very present concept not just for us human beings. According to an interesting study published in  The Science of Animal, chimpanzees, baboons, horses, hyenas, elephants and dolphins are known to have their own “best friends”.

The impact friendship has on our emotional world is immense. In addition, we also know that not all friends are the same, and it is more likely that  true friends can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Therefore, on more than one occasion you must have lived the following situations:

Friends take care of our health

According to a study carried out at the University of Virginia (United States), when the friendship between two people is authentic and reciprocal, the same sensations can be experienced.

• The power of empathy is so relevant that it can be seen through medical tests such as, for example, an MRI.
• Situations can occur where when a person is in danger, if his friend knows the situation, he starts to live it in the same way.
• In both brains the areas related to fear and threat are equally active.
• A friendship is daily reinforcement, relief, advice and comfort. Problems are relativized, stress is relieved, tension is relaxed and the world is seen with a little more light.
• If we consider the multiple benefits that a true friendship offers us, we also understand  the great impact that can occur if we move away from that person when, for one reason or another, we have to say goodbye.

The “break” with our best friend

• Disagreements, sudden changes of interests, betrayals, lies, disappointments… There are many reasons that can lead us to lose a friend. However, something that is usually lived equally are the after-effects.
• Losing a friendship means having to go through  a pain very similar to that experienced after breaking up with a partner.
• We went through a phase of anguish and skepticism when we couldn’t understand why we had to go through this determined fact.

• Later comes the confrontation phase with ourselves, where we try to look for reasons.
• Until, little by little, the phase of sadness and later acceptance arrives.

For many it is almost impossible to compare the loss of a friendship with the breakup of a couple, but since emotional union is often equally intense, there are those who live it this way and undoubtedly go through a very difficult period.

Life after losing an important friendship

We know that there are friendships that come and go, that leave us a part of themselves and that, later on, advance along their paths, as we do in ours, without it hurting so much.

• Now, the friends who have inhabited our hearts in a special way and the ones we later have to let go leave a void and wounds that last forever.
• Whenever possible,  we have to keep the good memories they gave us. If we focus exclusively on this disagreement, we will further amplify our rancor and even our confidence when starting new friendships.
• Not worth it. Life brings us a lot of learning and they all need to be accepted with acceptance. However, we must never close the doors of affection, of the opportunity to find new and noble friends.

Because friendship is one of the best remedies for everyday life.