First I meditated to get myself in the right state of mind.
I imagined my loved one standing before me in an empty room.
I told him something along the lines of, “____, I love you very, very much. You are incredibly special to me, and I wish you all the luck in the world. However, you are in a very dark place right now, and you are sending me some dark energy. I know you’re not doing this on purpose, and I don’t blame you for it. However, I need to cut the cord that connects us. I know it will grow back, and I hope it grows back much healthier.”
Then I hugged him in my mind’s eye and stepped back. I envisioned a large pair of scissors cutting the cord that connected us and the cord retracting into both of our chests. I told him I’d see him again soon, and then I envisioned him getting further and further away as I came back into my own awareness.
Then I got up and played Mario Kart.