Overcoming emotional infidelity is not easy because it means starting from scratch in regards to the socio-emotional aspect. What is recommended and what achieves better results in these cases is to rework said experience in a constructive way so that it allows us to grow and develop as better people. The person, who until that moment shared a relationship, must continue their path with or without that person but, above all, integrating this unpleasant experience as another part of their life. The most common thing in these cases is to accept defensive mechanisms such as denial, resentment, quickly hiding the problem and the pain generated by looking for another partner, etc.
In the following PsychologyFor article we will explain how to overcome emotional infidelity
An emotional infidelity is an infidelity carried out by one of the two members of a couple with a third person. without having had any type of sexual relationship In other words, emotional infidelity occurs when one of the two members of the couple begins an affair. emotional approach, consciously or unconsciously, to another person alien to his partner and begins to establish a parallel relationship with her.
Some examples of emotional infidelity include behaviors that involve an intimate approach to a person who is not one’s partner. For example, flirting and flirting continuously and repeatedly over time, making secret dates, leading a double life, etc.
Emotional signs of infidelity
The following behaviors carried out by the unfaithful person constitute some of the signs that most reveal emotional infidelity:
Little interest, affection and romanticism towards the current couple.
Behavioral and verbal inconsistencies that make your partner suspect that something strange is happening to you.
Lack of motivation and joy in shared moments with the current partner.
Increasing avoidance of shared times and experiences.
Continuous lies more or less visible
Variation in frequency of sexual relations.
Excessive time spent on mobile phones or other technologies and the use of social networks.
The person who commits emotional infidelity can be discovered by committing one or more of these behaviors continuously and repeatedly. Being aware of these details can help the couple bring to light a situation that they suspect exists. However, if you do not have any firm suspicions about possible deception, these signs can lead us to create a fiction about possible infidelity in our head that does not actually exist. Here you will find more information about How to discover infidelity.
Causes of emotional infidelity
The causes that cause emotional infidelity will, of course, be concrete and particular in each case. However, all of them could have some of the following more general aspects in common:
Previous experience of infidelity by the same member of the couple.
Desire for revenge in the face of a past infidelity suffered.
Vital demotivation and need for new experiences.
Real infatuation of the third person
Addiction to technologies and cybersex.
Whether due to the impulsive personality and permanent state of dissatisfaction of the person who commits infidelity or because the couple themselves are going through some more or less visible crisis that, together with the current ease of creating parallel realities through new technologies, Emotional infidelity becomes a very accessible alternative to satisfy personal needs in a very egocentric, disrespectful and immature way.
How to deal with emotional infidelity
Coping with emotional infidelity will lead to accept the infidelity suffered traffic and overcoming pain and disappointment the internal personal reworking about who you have been, who you are now and who you want to become and the realization of the necessary resources to start and travel the new path.
Like any type of emotional overcoming, facing emotional infidelity is a process that involves going through different phases through which the person accepts the situation, working it out internally and integrating it to, finally, issue a positive resolution response that allows them to resume their relationship. vital path with renewed inner strength.
For this process of overcoming emotional infidelity to be completely closed, it will be necessary accept the situation and consider forgiving to our partner, although that does not mean that we have to return to him/her. Whether the couple jointly or separately resumes their path will depend on multiple factors particular to each couple, but forgiveness is necessary to be able to let go of this pain and move forward with one’s own life path with new momentum and renewed strength. In relation to this, you may be interested in reading Can infidelity be forgiven?
This article is merely informative, at PsychologyFor we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
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