

It is relatively easy to grasp potential reasons for ignoring you, which are on the forefront of your ex’s mind: The first layer is important because ever so often an ex will believe that ignoring you is the right thing to do. Why does your ex think he is ignoring you? With my help, try to understand why this is happening to you and how you can change your behavior in order to turn the tables and have your ex be curious about your life again and come back to you.ġ.

Giving in to the panic and holding on to your ex, desperately trying to find out what he is doing, will drive him away for good. Your ex is totally blanking you out, he isn’t posting any updates on his social media – or worse – you have been blocked from seeing them? Your fear that he is completely slipping away from you must not guide your actions now.

This sense of loss and desperation to want to be heard can lead to actions you will regret later on.

Compared to a breakup, being ignored by someone you were once close to is a slower and potentially prolonged path to heart break. A breakup brings immediate pain and the dreadful feeling of being rejected. Whether it is you who has decided to completely cut off any connection to your ex or your ex who is ignoring you on purpose, radio silence can be a painful experience to endure. While the no contact rule has you actively changing your needy and clingy behavior, so that your ex can learn to miss you again, radio silence is more drastic. Radio silence, meaning a period of time with a complete lack of communication, has a lot in common with the no contact rule. My team and I regularly help our coachees understand why they are being treated this way and help them endure the silent treatment, so that they have the best possible chance to eventually win back their ex. Radio silence can be one of the most painful experiences following the end of a relationship. German relationship coach Emanuel Albert, known as Date Doctor Emanuel, helps you understand why being ignored hurts so much and how you can use radio silence to regain your ex’s respect.īefore the breakup you used to be in contact every single day but now you have absolutely no idea where your ex is, who he is spending time with, what he is doing and how he is feeling.
