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According to Research, Here’s the Most Painful Type of Breakup that a Person can Ever Experience

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Relationships are difficult to get into and even more difficult to get out of. Whatever the reason or circumstances for a breakup, whether you wanted it or not, ending a relationship isn’t easy. The split-ups from your partner are considered as one of the most painful and emotional experiences of your life. A breakup is indeed hard to let go but there is one type of heartbreak which is declared by science as the most distressing of all.

According to a study conducted in Cornell University USA, the most hurtful breakup comes from being dumped for someone else, ‘comparative rejection (involvement of the third person)’ is emotionally most disturbing than ‘noncomparative rejection (a breakup that doesn’t involve the third person)’.

Source: Yintegrity.com

The rejection feels worse if a person got to know that the third person is the reason. The study states that “This may be because such rejections lead to an increased sense of exclusion and decreased belonging”.

The research involved 600 participants with four different experiments. In each experiment, researchers found that people felt worse when they were rejected for someone else compared to being rejected with no one else involved.

Source: Kildare Psychotherapy & Counselling

The researchers also found that the rejected partner would search for the explanation, no matter how much it hurts. And in the long run, if the person couldn’t find a reason for rejection on his/her own, he/she will assume the involvement of the third person.

“People react to a rejection as though it were comparative—that is, in the absence of any information about whether they have been rejected for someone or no one, they react as negatively as if they were rejected for someone”, the researchers wrote in the study.

So, if you are looking to let your partner down because now you are interested in someone else, just do it gently instead of leaving him/her suspected. And if you are leaving for another reason, reassure your partner that there isn’t anybody else coming in your life.

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