Emotional abuse
I still miss someone who emotionally abused me, and I don’t know how to move on.
Our situationship/relationship ended in February 2025, so it’s been over a year now. During that time, he left me probably 10 times. He would constantly block me on every platform after even minor arguments or inconveniences. He always threatened to leave me, and he kept saying he didn’t know if he wanted to be my boyfriend, yet we were still having sex and being emotionally intimate.
It felt like a cycle: he would pull me close, act sweet and affectionate, then suddenly discard me like I meant nothing. After every small issue, he would block me everywhere and disappear. Then I would beg him to come back. I even went to his apartment once crying and begging him to open the door, and he never did.
I spent so much time feeling rejected, broken, abandoned, and disposable. He never hit me physically, but emotionally it hurt so deeply. One moment he could be incredibly loving and affectionate, and the next moment he could completely cut me off without remorse.
What confuses me is that I still miss him so much. I miss the love-bombing phase. I miss the chemistry we had. Even now, I have other people interested in me, but I don’t feel the same connection or intensity with anyone else. Nothing compares.
Meanwhile, he blocked me everywhere and moved on with his life like I never existed. Maybe he found someone else already — I don’t know.
I hate that after everything, I still cry over him sometimes. I still miss the version of him that could be so sweet and caring, even though he also caused me so much pain.
How do you get over this kind of attachment? How do you stop comparing everyone else to them? How do you move on from the chemistry when the relationship itself was unhealthy?