How Ghosting Can Hurt the Ghoster

Psychology Today | 19.10.2026 06:46
Being ghosted is not fun. You may be left confused, shocked, resentful, and possibly blaming yourself when a person you've been communicating with suddenly cuts off all contact with you with no warning or explanation. It can be especially hard imagining the ghoster to be living quite a boo-tiful life, with no remorse over having taken what appears to be—or disappears to be—the easy way out. Do you think that there is even a ghost of a chance that the ghoster somehow feels bad about doing such a thing to you?