Are you afraid to leave a situation even though it’s hurting you? People, including you, like to control their situations by hanging on to what they know because the unknown is scary. That makes sense. How can you get around this? I had a friend that couldn't get over a 5 year old breakup.  Tears would well up when she talked about the woman, which was often.  Even though she had dated other people, she was still emotionally engaged with the ghost of her relationship.  She re-lived memories like it happened last week.  If she happened to talk to her ex by text, it took her days to get over it. I listened a lot because I knew where she was coming from, but I started to wonder how could I help her, me and other people in similar situations. There are many reasons why we hang on to dead things.   Sometimes it’s because we don’t think we'll ever get another chance for a good job, friend, lover, husband…. never, ever again .   Scary stuff never, ever again.   Whatever your reason i...