When They Want Out But Stay In: The Hidden Harm of Pseudo-Separations

What to do when your partner ends the relationship emotionally, but expects you to keep it intact.

When one partner checks out emotionally but stays physically, it creates confusion, heartache, and a haunting sense of limbo. Emotional absence is still absence.

You didn’t ask for this.
You didn’t plan for this.
And yet here you are, sharing a home with someone who no longer shares your heart.

It’s called a pseudo-separation.

It’s when one partner ends the …