An extremely common response to leaving a toxic relationship is to take time off from relationships…
And work on the relationship with yourself. Healing in therapy, researching, soul-searching…
Doing all the things to FIND YOURSELF AGAIN.
Eventually you get to a level of normalcy where you’re no longer obsessing about him or writhing in pain…
But you’re not exactly GREAT either. Life is just…OK.
Safe, comfortable, complacent.
Even though it’s been months or YEARS, dating still scares you. And when you DO date…
You still get the WRONG people. No chemistry, ghosting, mommy issues, narcissistic.
What the ever-living crap? Didn’t you do enough work on yourself? If your attempts at dating again have left you deflated and more afraid to trust yourself…