The relationship that ended was a relationship that ended between my partner and I. The relationship ended as a process, where we started having relationship problems, arguments, misunderstanding, and things that suddenly led us to the decision of ending our relationship. Below are some of the phases that our relationship followed from the start of the de-escalation phase to the end.
The decision was a bilateral decision from the fading away of our feelings and intimacy level. The intimacy level of our love began fading away after I found my spouse cheating on me for the second time. Cheating often leads to degrading of trust and feelings (Spencer " Johnson 2). Cheating led to the dyadic phase, where I dissatisfied with my spouse, which led to a unilateral and bilateral decision to end the relationship. We then made several indirect termination strategies to our relationship, where we began by evaluating what was happening in our relationship, the reason that led to the cheating in our relationship and the things that affected the intimacy in our relationship.
There are other aspects that led to the ending of our relations. One was intrapsychic, where there was minimal psyche for us to keep our relationship going. The other was incrementalism, which was the gradual procedure that led to the ending of our relationship. We then move to the confidant phase, where I discussed my relationship status with a friend who had much expertise in relationships. The advice I got in our confidant phase was to end my relationship.
There were the final stages of our relationship de-escalation. We had the social and the grave-dressing phase, where we made the choice of ending our relationship and how we would present ourselves in our social circles. Then finally was the resurrection phase, where we all had to prepare for our future relationships.
Work Cited
Spencer, Sally. and Johnson, Paula. De-escalation techniques for managing aggression. Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group. 6 January 2016. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD01203
