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September 3, 2013 at 3:06 am #41617Sapnap3Participant
I hope in these coming days this will be one of my last forums. I post on the site in my complete distress state. It’s like 4:30 am and I haven’t slept very much.
I had the last “closure” talk with my ex yesterday. Talk was initiated by me to get insight on him, to find out if there was any hope for us. To find out who he was with and if he has been thinking of me, after many back and forth of self loathing emails about how I lost him due to my insecurities and all, he finally told me that he is very sorry for my pain. He doesn’t like that I am so unhappy but he also cannot do anything about it. No one can. Just me. He told me that it wasnt a person who helped him make the decision to leave me, he did it due to the difficulties we had communicating. He said that maybe one day he can give me the proper goodbye which I deserve but right now, I’ll have to get over him and of any hope I have for him and I. He will never be in a romantic relationship with me. He is finding himself and learning a lot from our relationship. He is on a path of happiness as now he puts himself first. He wishes me luck and told me how amazing I was. He told me look at the strengths I have and to be proud of it. I am unique and its good to know that people like me are in this world.
Honestly, I wish he wasn’t so kind and clear. He did it gently but its still a rejection. I know in coming days I’ll see it for what this email is. I have stop beating myself up for this. My mind goes in million different directions when I think of that email but I am gently telling it to stop spinning. I am telling it come back to the present. A friend of mine said that I need to start looking at things with “glass half full” vision. My ex didn’t have to say anything to my crazy obsessive emails. He didn’t have to answer at all. He did. My ex mentioned in his email that he cares for me. Instead of seeing the statement for what it said, my mind created a story about him not agreeing with one of my statements in my email to him. I told him that when u love someone u let them go and because he let me go, I know he loved me. Not romantically but loved me. I see it now. The web of self doubt is pretty dense in my mind. I am going to start listening to guided metta meditation everyday.
I know I can only get over this myself. No blogs ..no forums..no therapy..no conversation with my ex will ever get me there. I don’t know where to start. After this interaction with him, my love and respect for him has multiplied. Now I kick myself more for letting him go. I hope this regret doesn’t get the best of me. I am having very sad thoughts about being in a painful…dark whole. Its a hole of despair and regret…its a hole of insecurities. Of rejection..in a kindest way.
I need to get some prospective on this. All of u have helped me so much. I reach out to you in my hour of need. My eyes are hurting because of all the tears. I can’t seem to stop crying. Even my ex said that he is sorry I am crying but he can’t stop that for me. Only I can do it. I tried meditation, I tried running, I tried talking to myself like I would to a scared child and I am also looking for codependency support groups.
I am trying and my head goes back to ..”u will never find anyone nicer than him…he is the best man and u lost him” ….I am almost embarrassed to keep posting since yesterday. Sorry for the sad posts.
Your fallen sister SapnaSeptember 3, 2013 at 5:08 am #41618Buddhist WifeParticipantBig hugs Sapnap3
You shouldn’t feel embarrassed for posting – it’s fine to share your feelings.
It seems to me that you just have to let yourself feel sad for a while.
I also think you have to avoid romantacising your relationship with your ex. It has been my observation that some people have a habit of believing their ex was an angel on this earth – and this is negative because it stops them finding love with someone else because they falsely believe they are settling for someone less perfect. Obviously you won’t be looking for someone right now, this is just something you need to think about for the future.
I wish you peace.
September 3, 2013 at 5:30 am #41622MattParticipantSpana,
Sometimes when we come to point of panic and despair, it is more than we can handle on our own. There is no shame in that! Consider praying. “I give this all back, this pain and confusion, please help me.” Let go, surrender. Stop trying to make sapna what she isn’t, and accept where you are. Your hatred of self is hating the divine, and doesn’t fit, doesn’t belong. Stop.
With warmth,
MattOctober 20, 2013 at 8:40 am #44038NancyParticipantHi Sapnap,\
I have been thru the same thing. My ex online lover of one year left me in May. All the promises, all the loving words… lost in the echo. I cried and cried. It hurt so much. What really made me mad however, is that he DECIDED that it was over. He DECIDED. Not me, So since he was in control of saying goodbye and he never replied to my emails that I had sent him. So I decided that I was going to be in control of my feelings. However, taking a step back I see I was in denial for the last 2 months of our relationship. In any case, it was very hard. Time was the only remedy. I listened to music, heavy metal I’m afraid, not the nice sweet music. I cried for a whole week, going to work was hard. Being rejected is so hard when you still love the person. Now it has been 5 months. I can say that I am better. I talk online with other guys, nice to hear really nice comments and compliments so I don’t feel like I was a loser. I am now in control and will probably never fall in love with someone on line. My decision, Im in control. I hope you will be able to now feel better and let him go. Your life is waiting for you, when one door closes, another is opening. Stop pinning for him, he is really not worth it. Take care Sapnap.
October 20, 2013 at 8:48 am #44039NancyParticipantOh and I forgot, if he really was a nice man, if he really was your man… he would have stayed!!! Not your fault, not your doing. He might feel bad, but he is not taking you back, and really…think about it… would you really go back to someone who HAS HURT YOU TO THE CORE!!!??? You are giving him power over you. He is no longer worth your tears, sleepless nights… He is sleeping well, he is eating well, he is not crying for you. Please love yourself, be kind and gentle to yourself, be your best friend. One day you will look at this experience and you will be stronger, more in control of who you will love, of who is worthy of your love.
Take care, Nancy
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