Ghosting: What Is It, Impact On The Victim, And More

What Is Ghosting?

Kothari said, "Ghosting is the disappearance of communication from someone you are dating, or friends. These are frequently of obscure and insidious cause. Ignoring texts through seen and not replying to several phone texts including social media texts or messagesis the source of a lot of emotional pain or a lot of mental gymnastics."

Impacts Of Ghosting

Mansi said that theghosted individuals often startindulgingin guilt for having done wrong to that person who was in a platonic connection. It can also result in multipliedthoughts and questionsin one's mind as to what could be wrong that would make the person be ghosted or snubbed as it may be.

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"Victims tend to ruminate over and over about the incident...and ask themselves if anything could have been done to preventthe chaos," states Mansi. She added that such experiences can traumatise the victims and lead tomental illnesses,loss of confidence, the feeling ofabandonment, etc. It can also impact theirthinking capacity and it often separates themfrom the chain of family relations as well.

"The victim cuts himself off from the family and friends, andthe mental health impact is so deep that it causesprofessional dents.Frequently, they getthis thought in mind of ‘If XYZ hadn’t happened,we could have been together’, when people ask for closure; this is what they areseeking closure from, not just the person but the narrative they thought they’d be living together," shared Kothari.

She concluded, "In such an environment, you need healing. Therapy or counsellingis a proposed mechanism."

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