OK. Not sure why it was placed here.
However, before I got to the second post, I was struck that it did belong here (detaching). Your first post was very moving and insightful. When I got to the last sentence, though, about how processing what you didn't deserve and what you're not getting now that you DO deserve, leads you to be able to be closer to your partner ... .And I wondered if that is a plan for getting what you need and want, from another person, and also, from yourself.
Miz.
I guess that's the strange part. Because right now my relationship with my partner is the best thing going on in my life, and my life is on a really good track right now regardless.
We had a wonderful weekend together and feeling that happiness, feeling that Blissful Joy of being with somebody who is so gentle to me,. Seeing how hard he tries to make me smile. Seeing how considerate he is of everything i ask and how he keeps repeating that he wishes he was better for me. How scared he is that he's not going to be able to give me what I need out of the relationship. I feel so much love towards him and from him. We talk candidly and openly and I react honestly. I cherish this new found closeness. And it's not temporary idealisation any more. It just keeps building on itself and deepening the friendship.
But feeling so much happiness and having a more stable relationship triggers all my previous suppressed feelings from before. When things were unstable and chaotic. When saying the wrong thing garnered a silent treatment and hours of angry rages from him and demanding me to leave him forever. When he refused to tell me what was going on except to project it all onto me. Our biggest turning point came two years ago when I initially completely detached and finally realised I wasn't getting what I needed from the relationship and so when I resumed the relationship I started fighting to get it and the dynamic changed. But that doesn't mean I got to grieve through the past experiences. And that's where these rants come in. Letting go of these emotions and grievances lets me move forward.