Have you been living your life as usual and minding your own business, only to realize that an ex has now blocked you? If the two of you don’t communicate at all, this may be puzzling. Even if your relationship is well and truly over, it may be difficult to not care just a teensy bit. It’s normal to be curious about an ex. You may be wondering “why did my ex block me when we don’t talk? What prompted them to suddenly block me even though nothing has changed between us?”
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- If an ex blocks you when you don’t talk, it’s significantly different to an ex blocking you if the two of you still communicate.
- Why did my ex block me when we don’t talk? Here are 11 reasons why.
- Reason 1. They’re constantly tempted to reach out and blocked you as a way of stopping themselves doing this
- Reason 2. They sense that you still have feelings for them and blocked you to stop you from messaging them
- Reason 3. They’ve been reflecting on your relationship and are now upset about something
- Reason 4. It’s difficult for them to see your social media posts
- Reason 5. Your ex finds your posts annoying
- Reason 6. You’ve moved on and they haven’t. Blocking you is their way of making themselves feel better about things
- Reason 7. Your ex may be jealous of you
- Reason 8. You’ve been stalking your ex on social media and it creeps them out
- Reason 9. Your ex is in a new relationship and wants zero possibility of you reaching out
- Reason 10. Someone said something about you that made them want to cut you off completely
- Reason 11. They decided to block all of their exes
- Whatever your ex’s reasons were for blocking you even though you don’t talk, it’s clear that they want to move on
If an ex blocks you when you don’t talk, it’s significantly different to an ex blocking you if the two of you still communicate.
If an ex who you have been talking to blocks you, it’s possible that they blocked you in response to something you said or did. However, if the two of you have zero communication, their reasons for blocking you are almost certainly related to their own issues or feelings about you.
Why did my ex block me when we don’t talk? Here are 11 reasons why.
Reason 1. They’re constantly tempted to reach out and blocked you as a way of stopping themselves doing this
In order to get over a breakup, it’s common for two people to not communicate and remove reminders of each other. It’s possible your ex is still struggling to get over you despite the two of you not talking. They may even be consciously applying the No Contact Rule.
If your ex isn’t over you, they may be frequently thinking about you and be tempted to reach out. They may have even written drunk messages to you but at the last minute, managed to restrain themselves from hitting the ‘send’ button. By blocking you, they have created a line of red tape that stops themselves from contacting you.
Reason 2. They sense that you still have feelings for them and blocked you to stop you from messaging them
Depending on how your relationship ended, your ex may suspect that you still have feelings for them. This will be especially likely if they were the one who broke up with you and you wanted the relationship to continue.
If your ex is completely over you but is concerned about the possibility of you reaching out, they may have blocked you to ensure that they’ll never hear from you again.
Reason 3. They’ve been reflecting on your relationship and are now upset about something
Breakups can be tough for many reasons. It can be difficult to process and deal with the end of a relationship, especially if one was deeply involved. It’s common for one or both people to still be reflecting on the relationship and trying to process what happened even months later.
If your ex blocked you even though you don’t talk, it’s possible that during your time apart, they have been thinking about your relationship. They may now look back at your relationship with more clarity. However, it’s possible they are more confused or even upset about what happened. If they now have negative feelings about your relationship, they might have blocked you out because they want you permanently out of their life.
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Reason 4. It’s difficult for them to see your social media posts
Even if the two of you don’t talk, if you still have each other as ‘friends’ on social media, then you’ll be able to view each other’s posts. Your ex may feel triggered when your pics or videos pop up on their news feed. They might feel anything from sadness that they lost you to regret that things didn’t work out between you. Putting it simply, they blocked you because having constant reminders of you on their social media feed was hard for them.
Reason 5. Your ex finds your posts annoying
It’s possible that your ex blocked you because they find your posts annoying. Perhaps they find your posts too frequent or the content just doesn’t appeal to them at all. If you’re in a new relationship and have been sharing this on social media, this might be the last thing your ex wants to see.
Reason 6. You’ve moved on and they haven’t. Blocking you is their way of making themselves feel better about things
Even if you have moved on happily from your ex, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they have. Note: ‘moving on’ does not necessarily mean being in a new relationship. You could be happily single whereas they could be dating someone new but still not over your breakup. By blocking you, your ex may feel that they are taking back control over the situation.
Reason 7. Your ex may be jealous of you
If you post about your life on social media or the two of you have mutual friends, it’s possible that your ex is aware of what you’re up to and how well things are going. Perhaps you have an enviable social life or you’re doing well in your career. Maybe you’re just having an awesome time these days. Or maybe you’re in a new relationship and they are not. If knowing about your life triggers the green-eyed monster of jealousy for them, they might have blocked you to avoid these feelings.
Reason 8. You’ve been stalking your ex on social media and it creeps them out
Ask yourself honestly: have you been stalking your ex on social media? There’s a difference between occasionally scrolling through their pics and videos and full-on stalking. Certain apps like Instagram will autoplay other people’s stories after you’ve watched one friend’s story. Therefore, it’s possible you might have watched your exes videos unintentionally. However, if you’ve been viewing every single post by your ex without fail, or ‘liking’ their pics, your ex might have found this weird and blocked you.
Reason 9. Your ex is in a new relationship and wants zero possibility of you reaching out
If your ex is in a new relationship, this may be what caused them to block you. Here are 2 possibilities:
- Your ex wants to focus on their new relationship and doesn’t want to be distracted by you potentially reaching out
- Their new boyfriend or girlfriend asked them to have zero contact with you
- Their new partner may have even gone onto your ex’s phone to block you
If they blocked you out of the request of their current boyfriend or girlfriend, it’s possible that they view you as a threat. Or, they may simply feel it’s inappropriate to have any kind of contact with exes.
Reason 10. Someone said something about you that made them want to cut you off completely
If you and your ex have mutual friends, it’s possible that your name came up during conversation with their friends. Unfortunately, there’s a chance that someone said something negative about you. If your ex now has a negative view about you as a person, they may have felt compelled to block you and keep you out of their life for good.
Reason 11. They decided to block all of their exes
It’s possible that your ex decided to block all of their exes, not just you. Why? Perhaps they have a tendency to focus on the past, rather than the future. Or, maybe they carry around a lot of emotional baggage from past relationships. They might even be too occupied with what their exes are up to that it affects their wellbeing. It could be that your ex felt they needed to take action in order to stop thinking about past relationship and, as a result, blocked all the people they’d had a romantic connection with.
Whatever your ex’s reasons were for blocking you even though you don’t talk, it’s clear that they want to move on
Even though you may be curious about why your ex blocked you, it will be difficult to fully understand why they did this. Clearly, your ex felt that blocking you was beneficial in some way. They may feel that by blocking you, they’d no longer be tempted to drunk text you. Or, they may have felt that having you as a friend on social media made them feel sad and lonely. There are a multitude of reasons why they may have blocked you even though you don’t talk.
Unless you were stalking them on social media and they were aware of this, it’s highly unlikely that they blocked you because of anything you did. After all, the two of you don’t even speak. It’s natural to wonder why an ex who you don’t talk to may have blocked you out of the blue. However, there’s really not much point in spending too long thinking about the matter.
The fact remains that the two of you are broken up and no longer have a relationship. It’s over between you. Clearly, your ex wants to move on. Therefore, what they think or feel does not need to be your concern.
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