She missed out on a good man. Her self awareness is completely ed. As the haze lifts, I see that she wanted to change me for her benefit.
Hi 34broken... . so glad to see that YOU have grown and see yourself as you are rather than the projected image that she put on you; that seems to be the hard thing to shake when leaving a pwBPD... .
One that I thought i could fix... . funny thing about mirrors is that you see yourself. It's up to you to fix you.
Run away as far as you can... A friend said to me recently... . bad relationships are like corpses, sure it's sick and even amusing awhile be near one ... . but the further you are able to get away . The better.
And after awhile they start to decompose and STINK... . I think that BPD are more like zombies... . have the appearance of "being alive" but are just "walking dead"... . sad.
Sure, I miss her at times. But what was I truly missing? That is where I am at now. I pray that you will all have peace in your lives soon.
In relationships that I had ended, I MISSED the activities that we used to do together; mutual interests, music... . with my son's father (ocpd/NPD) I can say that I don't miss anything; too controlling and not allowing "me to be me" so I don't miss him or "life" with him (if that is what it can be called) at all... .
Life with uBPDso is like living a bad dream... . a nightmare of sorts... . but it is REAL... . I learned that what I will truly miss is something that I THOUGHT WE HAD when it is all said and done.
Nice to hear from you and GOOD LUCK to you... . you sound like you know yourself and what you want and WHAT YOU DESERVE... . go for it.
btw, I had BLOCKED my ex's email so I wouldn't have to see them... . it helped.