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« on: June 11, 2016, 01:35:27 PM »

I've been broken up with my BPD since March 17th. I have not physically seen him since March 13. It has been the longest 3 months of pain that I've endured. I've slowly detached over the last couple of months. I felt I was pretty strict about the NC. I went as far as to change my phone number and block on social. The only door I left open was email contact. We had a couple of exchanges back when I had some issues with my landlord thinking my ex was the cause of problems (he wasn't) so I had to reactivate my number and call him.

When I did call him he sounded like he could care less but wanted to keep talking to me. I asked him if he ever wanted to resolve this (when I still cared) and he said but not now. He told me to call him back later, I did. He did not pick up. No shocker there. The next day was mothers day and I sent him a photo of me and my daughter at mothers day dinner. He made no response other than he went to that same restaraunt a week prior. No Happy Mothers Day ... .nothign but telling me what he ordered. It was really hurtful and then I had to ask myself what was I really expecting here? I told him the next day that he obviously could care less if I was alive or dead and I'm turning my phone back off. So I did.

From that point on there was NO text or phone communication. On Tuesday out of the blue I get a email that said "Hey how are you?" I didn't get the message until 3 hours after it was sent. I honestly was happy to hear from him and know that he was thinking about me and then I realized what kind of f******g question is that anyways? I debated back and forth if I should respond. I have done so much research at this point I know my response and any attention I give him is only all about him and has nothing to do with me. A VERY HARD REALITY TO SWALLOW. At that point I figured he doesn't really care and if I were to really write about the pain I'm going through it would be a book! I responded back with a photo of my dog which WAS a puppy when he saw him last. He responded back only with the dogs name and exclamation marks. That was it.

The next couple of days I was paying attention to every email I got like it was headline news. I started to really think about the fact that he abandoned me for 3 months and didn't give a sh** about my feelings and NOW he wants to ask how I'm doing? He moved on with someone else! Is this him trying to h**ver me?  (for whatever reason this post keeps wanting to turn h**ver into charm!)

In any case I woke up yesterday and actually felt different. Whatever it was that we had is now pretty much dead. When I think about seeing him I think, Gross! When I think about any final talking it out with him, waste of time! When I think about his job, pathetic! When I think about how good looking I thought he was, STD's! When I think about him contacting me, ignore and delete! When I think about what he might say, it doesn't matter!

I woke up and blocked his email. I am making the concious decision to NEVER hear from him again. I don't feel bad for him and can't believe there was a point where I wanted to help him. He is a loser if he does not want to his own mental health and extremely irresponsible. I realize his life is always going to be a mess and chaotic. He will never treat  another person right because it's all about him. I have no worry that my replacement will have a life that I'm missing out on... .Noo that b***ch can have all that! It's all BS and can't believe that my life has been destroyed and turned upside down because of this person coming into my life. I accept responsibility for my part in the relationship however i've apologized over and over, went to therapy and tried to make amends like a sane human. I am in therapy and almost lost my apt and job because of all of this. Now I actually hate him. Yes, hate. I've never hated someone before but what I'm feeling right now is definitly hate. I hope I can stay like this. It feels good to finally not want him and accept that I can do better for my life.  Smiling (click to insert in post)
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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2016, 04:40:55 PM »

Hi KatyK2016,.

Welcome

I'm sorry that you're going through this. I can also see how invalidating that would feel with no happy mother's day and his emotional detachment. That's good to hear that you're feeling angry, anger is helpful to detach from unhealthy relationships and that you're self protecting with no contact - it will help speed up your recovery. Hang in there.
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2016, 04:42:16 PM »

Honestly, I'm happy that you hate him. Hate goes away with time. For whatever reason, I'm incapable of being angry with and/or hating my ex. I feel like hate is a much more healthy emotion for what we've been through.

Your stories and mine are similar. My ex uBPDgf told me that she needed space a week before we were supposed to go away for my birthday. No happy birthday or anything. Two weeks later I was told not to contact her again and I haven't. That was March 1st. I'm actually kind of expecting her to do what yours did with a "hey, how are you?" out of nowhere. I don't know if I have the strength that you had to stay away. Or maybe I haven't reach my boiling point. I don't know... .
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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2016, 08:40:19 PM »

Hi KatyK2016 

That journey sounds difficult. I'm happy to see that sleeping on it has helped you to progress. That used to help me when I was separating from my ex. The upside is that I didn't have to wake up wondering if it was an "abuse day" or not: perhaps that's something you can look forward to:)

I like this statement.

It was really hurtful and then I had to ask myself what was I really expecting here?

It might be helpful here to suggest to you that perhaps think about what you expect or want before you interact with him (if any). You can also look at previous situations and your expectations around them. Then you can assess those expectations of yours to determine if they're healthy.

I've never hated someone before but what I'm feeling right now is definitly hate. I hope I can stay like this. It feels good to finally not want him and accept that I can do better for my life.  Smiling (click to insert in post)

I'm glad to see you're processing what's happening. Acknowledging that we wanted someone isn't easy. While I can definitely relate that hate or strong dislike is "more comfortable" than other emotions around a breakup, I'd encourage you to explore other ways of dealing with this result.

People recover in different ways--I definitely felt hate sometimes--but you can look forward to other states such as healthy detachment and taking rewarding lessons from the experience:) I wish you well on your recovery.
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