When do I stop feeling USED... .USED... .USED?
Harlygirl I am sending you a Bc I know the feeling. I have asked the same often. I feel the same in my weaker moments yet.
Please know you were not used. Being used insinuates intent, as in seeking out a victim. pBPD do not do this.
The disorder, and the associated behaviors, are what leaves us feeling used. Disrespected.
For many who were truly abandoned with no closure or a sense of even a goodbye, as I was, there is an incredible sense of being used.
You were not used.
Nor was I.
Our partners have a very serious mental illness.
They loved to the best of the ability that the disorder allows.
It hurts a great deal in detaching.
The disorder exists to deny itself.
Keep learning. Keep posting for support. Take good care of yourself.
You were not used