The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds
A growing number of Americans are deciding they’re done. Done with the friend who never apologizes. Done with the family member whose phone calls leave them drained. Done with the group chat that feels more like an obligation than a connection. According to a new survey released for Mental Health Awareness Month, 38 percent of Americans have gone “no contact” with a friend or family member in the past year, cutting off communication entirely rather than working through whatever went wrong.
Going no contact, once reserved for extreme circumstances like abuse or betrayal, has quietly become a routine tool for handling ordinary relationship friction. Blocking someone on social media, removing them from a group chat, or simply ghosting them has moved from taboo to tactic. And the generational split is dramatic: 60 percent of Gen Z respondents reported cutting off a loved one in the past year, compared to just 20 percent of baby boomers.
When researchers asked participants to explain their decision, the most common answer was a lack of respect. Thirty-six percent said the person they cut off was not respectful toward them. Another 29 percent cited harm to their mental health, and 27 percent said the other person was simply too negative to keep around.
Once contact is cut, it tends to stay cut. A majority of those who had severed ties in the past year, 59 percent, reported they were still not speaking with the person they had distanced themselves from.
Source: StudyFinds
https://studyfinds.com/many-americans-went-no-contact-loved-one/