Relationships · Decision
Should I Stay or Go? Decision Worksheet
Ambivalence is data, not weakness — but the question needs movement
For a client caught in ambivalence about ending a relationship. This is a decisional-balance worksheet — not a verdict. Do it slowly, over multiple sessions.
Both grids honestly
Pros of staying
Cons of staying
Pros of leaving
Cons of leaving
What would need to be true for staying to work
What I've already tried — for how long
Non-negotiables that have been violated (deal-breakers)
Fear driving the ambivalence (financial, family, alone, unknown)
Ambivalence is data, not weakness
You're allowed to sit with this for weeks. What you're not allowed to do is keep asking the question without doing anything to change the answer either way.