“I never knew where we stood”: why it’s so hard to get over a situationship

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“I never knew where we stood”: why it’s so hard to get over a situationship

By Jemma Sbeg

7 days ago

7 min read

When Jemma Sbeg was in her 20s, she found herself in an emotionally confusing situationship that left her feeling like she wasn’t good enough. In an edited extract from her book, Person In Progress: A Roadmap To The Psychology Of Your 20s, she unpicks what it is about undefined relationships that’s so destabilising. 


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