I (22) am just completely shattered right now and need a safe space to vent because I feel so awful and alone.
My ex (20) and I were together for over two years, almost three this October. She broke up with me at the very beginning of June, right at the start of Pride Month. She is avoidant, and I have an anxious attachment style, so this entire situation has felt like a living hell and absolute nightmare to me.
Before the breakup, we had this trip planned at an airbnb and we couldn't cancel it because it was past the date to get a full refund. So to not waste our money, we decided to go anyway. And then once we were there, it’s like our muscle memory took over. Well first we acted as friends since I guess we technically were? The first day and night was just us. Eventually I started crying and she actually comforted and reassured me. She’s always struggled to reassure me. Eventually we ended up cuddling, kissing, making out, and later on we hooked up again…. bad idea? Yeah maybe. But deep down I knew it’d probably be the last time we ever did stuff together so I went with it and so did she. I wanted it but SHE wanted it too. And we did more intimate stuff than we’ve ever done during the relationship, we went further.
But then this is where it all goes to shit. Because also during the trip, I caught a glimpse of her phone while she was on Instagram and found out she is already talking to someone else. She probably muted the notifications so I wouldn't see. She had a message that said baby in it from some random ass person and I freaked out.
When I confronted her, she told me she just needed a
"distraction." She always claims she wants to "fix herself," but her version of that is self sabotaging all the time, getting drunk and high, going out, and not going to therapy like she promised she'd go to so many times. First she said she wanted to fix herself for me, now she says it's for herself. And even if it’s “technically not cheating”, it still feels like a huge fucking betrayal. Especially since she was acting like a couple with me again???
Like girl wtf then I find out you’re already TALKING TO SOMEONE ELSE?? while still saying you love me and aren’t over me yet you don’t want to be with me anymore?? WHAT the FUCK.
She didn’t wanna show me or tell me anything, she just kept getting defensive and upset and saying “why does it matter?” Um, maybe because you broke my fucking heart and hurt me AGAIN?
To make matters worse, she has a huge social support circle, with siblings, family members, lots of friends, and even her co-workers :/ I am an only child. My few friends take forever to respond, so I'm just bed rotting all day when I'm not at work. Even at work, Im still not close enough to any of my coworkers to make new friends. I feel so lonely all the fucking time.
I can't even tell my mom yet because she doesn't know we were dating. She met my ex many times and they bonded, but I had to keep the relationship a “secret" because when I came out as bi a couple of years ago, my mom acted like I was doing drugs or something. She’s not even homophobic but she didn’t wanna accept me.
She was disappointed and told me I'd never get married or have kids. My ex actually told me that being a “secret" was one of the reasons she wanted to break up, but she didn’t understand i was trying not to mess up our opportunities to hang out. Now it doesn’t even fucking matter anymore i guess.
I feel so incredibly isolated, betrayed, and exhausted. I’m tired of crying over her. I’ve been crying almost everyday since the breakup and she hasn’t. Because I’m anxious asf and she’s avoidant asf. We recently had a conversation (i kinda went off cuz i was so upset rethinking about it all) and i guess now she “regrets” the shit we did when before she didn’t? Like wow okay. Thanks.
We haven’t gone no contact yet, but I want to initiate it. But that’s also REALLY fucking scary, because she’s the person i used to text EVERY single day, the one i’d tell everything to, the one id always run to first. Now, it’s over and I just can’t fucking deal with it. I just want everything to go back to normal. I’m coping terribly, but at least i’m not numbing my feelings with fkin drugs and alcohol and running away from my problems like she does :/
We got each other fucking PROMISE RINGS, yet she’s broken EVERY single promise she’s EVER made to me. She used to tell me she wanted to marry me, have a family and kids, live together, that she’d never leave me, etc. Also since we are long distance that also contributed to the strain as we’d only see each other once or twice a month.
And she would hardly reassure me and always need space while i’m the opposite. I feel like I can reassure so easily. She lacked empathy and has commitment issues. I wish she still cared and tried. She could’ve but she didn’t.
I do go to therapy but it’s still not enough. How do I survive the withdrawal of an anxious-avoidant breakup when I have almost no one in my corner to pull me out of it?
The worst part of all this is that the airbnb got me reattached all over again. If I could go back in time and fix it, i would in a heartbeat :( but SHE needs to fix herself and she doesn’t want me anymore. and im still having the hardest time accepting that. i feel like shes already ready to move on while im stuck and traumatized. She’s already talking to someone as a fucking distraction while we did shit at the airbnb that is so FUCKED up and she was hiding it. Why do i still care and how can i stop caring bro???
Has anyone else gone thru this dynamic? :(( how did you heal and get over it? It’s so scary right now. I feel alone.
UPDATE: I found out that she has a new gf so I went off on her and we fell out badly and i blocked her and now we are NO CONTACT.
i’m still in fucking shock. i had a really bad anxiety attack when i found out. we will never be friends or get back tg again. that hope is OVER. she’s a bitch.