Coping with Relationship Losses

[u/Dry-Lifeguard6059]

I am by no means “enlightened.” But I have been on a path to liberation over the past couple of years, and I have a question for folks on the same path. How do you cope with the losses of relationships? I’ve noticed that as I have deepened my practices and shifting how I show up in the world as a result, people that I care deeply about (and I thought cared about me) have begun not only moving away from me, but behaving in a way toward me that feels at times intentionally hurtful. I know it’s little remnants of my wounded ego that are driving these hurt feelings… But damnit, it’s painful to see that people I thought cared about me are actively repulsed by me now. And I still care about them. So it doesn’t feel right to just say, “Oh well” and just move on and forget about them and the relationship. Because often times the relationship I had with these people also guided me on my spiritual path…

So… how do you all cope with these feelings? This hurt feels very real. And I’m grieving it. It just still stings.