The Sabrina Zohar Show 175: Do They Always Come Back?
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Dec 5, 2025 This discussion dives into the intoxicating pull of waiting for an ex to return and the psychology keeping you stuck. It contrasts missing someone with craving their validation, highlighting ego-driven fantasies. The concept of ambiguous loss reveals how limbo stunts grief. Listeners will discover why waiting is often a form of avoidance and the deeper emotions it protects against. Practical tools to overcome these patterns, like naming fears and visualizing a future without them, empower a move towards emotional freedom.
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Waiting Is A Psychological Strategy
- Waiting for an ex isn't passive; it's an active choice that serves psychological needs like control and identity.
- Sabrina Zohar explains waiting organizes your life around someone else's choices and keeps you stuck in limbo.
Three-Year 'Hey How Are You' Text
- Sabrina describes getting a random text from someone she matched with in 2022 who she'd never met three and a half years later.
- She chose not to respond and used the example to illustrate how people reappear without meaningful change.
What Waiting Actually Gives You
- Waiting gives a sense of control, an identity as 'the one who waited,' protection from grieving, and a reason to avoid new risks.
- Sabrina frames these functions as ties back to childhood wounds and self-worth issues.
