The hope you hold on to in that stand-still relationship is dangerous. That hope causes you to have irrational thoughts and a misguided emotional connection. You hold on to that hope because you don’t want to believe that everything was for nothing… But it wasn’t, it was a lesson you need to learn and a fear you need to overcome in order to grow as a person. You will forever be stuck unless you conquer that challenge.
Inner Thoughts of A Conscious Being 