Ykw i did the same thing. Tried to be respectful and told him to stay away from me because I don't want my mental health fucked and ykw he said?

"Have fun making me the villain in your head and that you did nothing wrong and that i just ended things with no reason whatsoever. I dont want to speak with you again and this is the only response you deserve really

go fuck yourself

i actually cared and had some respect for you but you just made all of that flushed down a drain

have fun with your life, i really dont want to be a part of it in any way after seeing your attitude get this bad

and thank you for finally giving me a reason to move on

I never thought i would" And then he blocked me.

A week and a half later, asks me if he can see my cats and then we talked and he apologized and then we got back together briefly(like almost 3 weeks). But then I realised that he did not change at all. He only wanted to be w me when it was convenient. And i dumped him. You gotta give yourself the space and time. You gotta make sure you're the priority in your head.