Long-distance relationships are hard, but you know what’s harder? Keeping that relationship strong and having trust in one another.
Most long-distance relationships don’t work out due to issues with communication, distance, trust, dwindling affection, neglect, emotional intimacy, loneliness, anxiety and distress, losing touch with reality, conflict resolution, making excuses not to communicate, you’ve never met, emotional security, needing some space, along with lying and or manipulating. But we will only go over a few reasons.
Reason number 1: Communication
Talking Feelings Communication: Communication is a huge thing in a relationship, especially long-distance because you don’t see each other in person. You really can’t tell how the other person feels emotionally. If one person uses communication and the other doesn’t, it might cause misunderstanding and a lack of trust. Non-verbal cues such as facial expressions, body language, and touch are crucial for effective communication. If you can’t see some of those, you depend on communication.
Talking in General: There could be multiple reasons for long-distance failure: lack of clear plans, and lack of purpose can lead to feeling frustrated and the lack of time can make significant others question the viability and sustainability of the relationship. Another reason is difficulty making long-term plans or finding it difficult to make or keep long-term life decisions like career choices, relocation, or even marriage without knowing how the relationship will develop or whether they will be together. Also, loss of motivation can affect the future of your relationship, without getting that fix it’ll be a repeating cycle of disappointment.
Reason number 2: Emotional Intimacy
Emotional intimacy is a close emotional bond characterized by mutual understanding, trust, vulnerability, and communication. Without emotional intimacy, you will have a weakening emotional connection, lose shared identity, and grow apart. Each one has their problem with it too. An emotional drift can cause significant others to feel less connected to each other and that bond that held them together may or may not weaken, which means difficulty maintaining the depth and intimacy of the relationship. Long-distance relationships have shared goals, dreams, and a sense of identity when they are together. Having an emotional drift can cause partners to develop different paths and expectations, it’ll cause them to lose that shared connection that they had. Emotional distance is a result of drifting apart and can cause significant others to be involved as individuals without shared experiences to anchor them. That can lead to a sense of growing apart, but the similarities and shared values that originally were there will start the fade over time.
Reason number 3: Trust Issues
Long-distance relationships can be challenging, but they can also be rewarding if you know how to build and maintain trust with your partner. Trust is the foundation of any healthy relationship, and it’s especially important when you are physically apart from each other. The reason is that if you intend on having a long-distance relationship and there are already doubts about his trustworthiness this will slowly start to unravel to the point where you can become clingy and jealous to prevent him from doing this again or from you getting hurt by him again.
Reason number 4: Emotional Detachment
Having emotional detachment is complicated: the symptoms are difficulty creating or maintaining personal relationships, a lack of attention or appearing preoccupied when around others, and difficulty being loving or affectionate with each other.
Reason number 5: Frustration and Loneliness
How do long-distance relationships cause frustration and loneliness? Let’s start with frustration, a long-distance relationship frequently causes worry and frustration because of their unpredictability and distance. A downside to the distance between you and your significant other is it is more difficult to battle feelings of loneliness than in different relationships.
Reason number 6: Outside Stress
Outside stress in a long-distance relationship can affect not just yourself but also how you communicate, start a conflict, and even create emotional distance. Outside stress usually takes a toll in long-distance like draining energy.
