Should I relax about NC?

[caughtnreleased]

[quote author=Hidalgo link=topic=212297.msg12337117#msg12337117 date=1383417905

I think ultimately what has hurt me most about the whole relationship was a bruised ego. They play on your ego directly. It's up to us to rise above it all. We cannot give them power over us. They do not deserve it.[/quote]
totally and completely agree.  They feed the ego, then starve, then punish and strive to destroy it (look at me, I'm so happy without you). If your ego is strong, it will not need the feeding, and won't even blink at their attempts to demolish it... .