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I am making some progress in some ways, but other things come up that i have to sort out. That's just part of the deal here.
I see myself sometimes in the other male posters stories of their exBPD's and I cringe. My behavior was a little like that sometimes. oh yikes!
I was insecure, paranoid, clingy ,wanting validation that he loved me. I didn't feel safe. How much of that was what I came with (my stuff ) or how much of it was his stuff that i was trying to deal with?
I guess its both but now that his stuff is no longer coming at me cause we are no longer together, i am faced with only my stuff really. It's all good some days, and all bad others.
This might sound weird but i was thinking... . sometimes i wished that the issues we had were all about me... then it meant that he wasn't so bad. I could just keep working harder on myself, give him all of the love he needed while i was at it and voila, everything would be better. I don't quite get what that was really . denial ?
But the good thing lately is... .
I am finally at the point that I don't want him back, i am not interested in a recycle. My fantasy of him coming around, the two of us going to some amazing therapist together and sorting it out is not there anymore.
I am starting to believe that I will be okay now.
Maybe one day i will have another relationship but thats not until i have the right relationship with myself. I am not sure how I will know that.
Here I am... . it doesn't feel as yucky,
as
lonely or scary as it did.
I am feeling some peace and I go to sleep at night feeling safer than I ever have. I still hold my hand on my heart when i go to bed and drift off to sleep, it comforts me.
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Hi corraline-
Good post! I hear progress and some peace.
not until i have the right relationship with myself. I am not sure how I will know that.
Have you ever been content with yourself at a point in your life? I have several times, and discontented several times too. A friend of mine says we either party or we ponder, meaning when we're content we just enjoy our lives and don't think about it, and when we're not in such a good place we dig and look for answers. My ex was both an amazing party and then a really heavy ponder, which sparked another phase of introspection and personal growth, but she has been only one thing in my life that has sent me there, and I seem to come out the other side wiser and stronger. I say we know when we're OK with ourselves when we are. Can you relate?
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Yes, heeltoheal
I have felt contentment... . sometimes i don't trust it either. Sad but true. It's something that operates in me. I have been looking at that for a long time. I believe its something that I made a decision about at a very young age. I can actually remember when I decided this. I am afraid that good things (even contentment) will be taken away from me. So I have this protective mechanism that i pull in to sabotage it., fear comes up and that fear alone sabotages it. This is at my core. It's big for me and i can't quite figure out how to change it, other than it is not functioning quite as strongly as it used to. I could be fooling myself ... . aha , there i go again. now, i'm pondering
My t and i are working on this issue.
Hey, thanks for your reply
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Also, i recognize that there was something that I got out of the pain in my relationship with my ex. Something about the pain I needed. Looking at that too.
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