Nope, it wasn’t.
I think withdrawal pain in my case is…I sometimes feel this barrage of guilt…that MAYBE I could have been better, MAYBE he could have grown to love me if I hadn’t made the mistakes I did…but then I realise that 2.5 years is a long enough time for a person to decide whether they want someone or not. He had started this relationship knowing full well he wanted his ex…so it wasn’t really love. It was me who fooled myself into thinking it was. I miss him terribly…but have no intentions of contacting him ever again. It just hurts to see him chase her over and over again.