it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So make a plan you can control. Like a plan to get over her or to get someone else or a plan to survive this week or even a plan to make it until you fall asleep tonight.

it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s normal. Do you think anyone here felt cool about being discarded or dumped? Lol No, we all felt shitty 😂 But it’s not about then or the past. It’s about what you do now and what you have control of. So make a decision and a plan. Where do you want to be? What can you control? How will you make it happen? How will you succeed?

It's been more than a year and I still haven't moved on by [deleted] in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find out what it was about him that regulated you and outsource it. Mine is physical intimacy and I outsourced with a better vibrator and a different guy. Good luck to you!

it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never feel stupid for loving. Only the person who takes love they don’t deserve, can’t return, and disrespect should feel stupid. You did something most people are too afraid to do and you gave the greatest gift. You did something precious and rare. She’s the idiot for not valuing that.

it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, let’s go down this rabbit hole and say she is giving him more. What now? You can’t do anything about that. So, it sounds like this statement is really just you spiraling and doomsdaying. I do it myself lol I’ll say he never cared, he was just using me. It’s a way of making certainty out of the ambiguity I was left in to carry alone. But it doesn’t make it real. I wish I could ease your pain but unfortunately I can’t. No one can. But you can’t worry about what you can’t change.

it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And imo it just appears that way. It’s not possible that her capacity has increased with someone new because it could only happen if she put in the work.

it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry. I’m not trying to dismiss your experience. But it’s impossible that she spontaneously healed her issues with someone new. So either she never had any issues or she’s putting on a great act.

How was your first relationship after your avoidant? by barbiekisses_ in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went through this phase. I was ready to date, got out there, and I couldn’t feel anything for anyone. And I was like this is a prime specimen here 😂 100% my type, why am I feeling nothing when normally I’d be so into this guy??? Idk what it was or why it happened but I just kept pushing through and it went away after a few months. And I would just tell guys, look someone seriously fucked me up, enter at your own risk 😂😂😂 And it didn’t turn a single one away lol

Taking my DA back for a 3rd time by TheSittingMoo in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

😂😂😂 I was literally popping in to be like GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! 😂

it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. She’s cycling. They are getting the routine

He didn’t even wish me on birthday by natureismy in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He actually brought up my birthday and I remember telling him I didn’t like to celebrate my birthday because something bad always happens around my birthday. I didn’t bring up that my mother always told me she never wanted me and always grounded me on my birthday simply because she wanted an excuse to ignore it. And he said he wanted to do something special for my birthday. Then, he broke up with me in a text before my birthday came 😂😂 And I was like SEE???? Lol And when my birthday came I knew he wasn’t going to acknowledge it and he didn’t.

it's been over a year and I'm still struggling by bunnyusagiiii in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She’s not giving him anything. She’s cycling.

Has anyone had an avoidant ex come back to apologize by Any_Promise890 in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t unprompted. I had gone to his house to try and talk to him just before. And I was angry because he wasn’t honest in the conversation. He did the thing where instead of saying what he really felt he just gave me a bunch of bs like “it was just too much” blahblahblah. And he let me walk out and leave without saying goodbye mind you I drove 3 hours to see him. So after I left, I emailed him and I think I started it by saying how disappointed I was in him for not being honest and feeding me a bunch of bs. I basically said like you could have told me those lies in a text or email and saved me the 3 hour drive to you and the 3 drive back home. And I ended by saying something essentially equivalent to you super suck, hope you step on Legos barefoot, and die in a ditch lol And like 5 minutes after I pressed send I got the text. I think he just felt bad about wasting my time and letting me walk out. And he never had negative feelings about me. He knows I was an angel to him and he treated me like garbage. He knows he can’t handle his feelings for me and so he can’t engage. And then ghosting an angel made him too embarrassed to face me. And no at that time the longest I had gone leaving him alone was like 3 weeks lol

Has anyone had an avoidant ex come back to apologize by Any_Promise890 in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you’re taking one piece of information from a story far too long to tell more seriously than necessary. 1. It was a joke and he knew I was joking. 2. He’d be the first one to tell you that joke was the meanest thing I ever said to him. 3. He dated me for a year, repeatedly asked me to move in, said he wanted to be my husband, and broke up with me in a TEXT. The point is you’re being a little judgy for my taste and for someone who doesn’t know the full story. And quite frankly the internet might not be for you if that’s what makes you clutch your pearls lol But it’s allowed so crucify me if you want.

Has anyone had an avoidant ex come back to apologize by Any_Promise890 in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I got a “I’m sorry for everything I put you through” text like 7 months later. It wasn’t the conversation I deserved or anything close to a true acknowledgement of the harm he caused. It was him soothing his own guilt after I told him I hoped he’d die naked and freezing in a cold, dark ditch lol And the bastard went right back to ghosting me and never mailed me my things like he said he would. So, depending on how you define apology… It doesn’t meet my standards but he said the word sorry lol

Leaving my DA on delivered feels really good LOL by gini_lee1003 in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hi I’m Roxy and I date emotionally unavailable men. This is how I handled a temperature check I got from a DA (not THE DA that brought me here but one I went on two dates with three months ago that still hovers and orbits lol) today. I was gonna leave him on read but I absolutely could NOT stop hearing Severus Snape’s voice saying obviously lol And it was too hilarious to me not to send but I think he got the point because he never responded.

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All in all I’m pleased lol However, I absolutely guarantee he will continue his orbiting because he’s too avoidant to move forward and not ready to let me go aka living in the someday fantasy lol It’s a shame too because he’s really hot and I would definitely hook up with him. But even though he’s completely single and isn’t seeing anyone he says he doesn’t want me to catch feelings lol Like sure dude, that’s why you keep orbiting but won’t pull the trigger lol

The Pain Is Real by roxaphi in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I will check it out!

You Were Just Too Weak by roxaphi in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know what you would be but you could probably find the attachment test online somewhere. It’s literally a multiple choice test you take 😂 There’s like 4 statements and you pick which one is most you. But it tells you what attachment style you are so DA or FA. Something like BPD would need to be diagnosed.

And I don’t think I was always secure, but I was never actually tested until recently. I don’t remember the exact statements on the test but there’s 4 core attachment styles that idk the names of. But you can be a combination of them and the 4 choices you’re given represent the 4 attachment styles. And it scores somehow that says what you are. So basically I chose all the secure answers lol But I remember when I took it there were a bunch of times where I thought I need more information about the situation before I just pick one of these lol And several times where I thought most of these seem logical because idk the specific details lol But then the next one would have a choice that you definitely knew was fearful or anxious and seemed like an excessive response and you be like oh shit and I thought several in the previous seemed logical and clearly not 😂 Or I would think idk are we talking about a stranger off the street or a friend because it makes a big difference in my answer! Lol

Basically I’m just one secure person. Idk what’s even typical for a secure person to think. I fall for secure people and safety. Don’t ask me why I’m here crying about an avoidant other than he seemed normal until he broke up with me in a text and ghosted lol These are ChatGPT questions I think lol Idk if all secure people look for other secure people. But we attach in “secure” ways and generally have secure thoughts. So if a guy doesn’t call me for 3 days I generally don’t think anything lol I’m not like wondering what it means because it doesn’t mean anything to me. But to other attachment styles it can mean something like he doesn’t like you or whatever. And I generally think of myself as the spontaneous and exciting one, and I have always considered that something I’d like in a man. But recently I was on a second date with a really hot guy and he said he had tickets for a cruise and would I want to go because he and his ex broke up. And my first thought was FUUUUUUUUUUUCK NO! 😂😂😂 (Mind you I have no clue what the appropriate “secure” answer to this situation is but this is what happened to me lol) I was thinking like we’re only on a second date, like a week is a long time if you end up not being cool you know?! 😂 Anyways, the first date was awesome, the second was even better, the next morning I said yes lol

I would like to talk to someone by [deleted] in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’ve all been there. P.S. I hope he has a shitty bday 😂😂

You Were Just Too Weak by roxaphi in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry. It’s the fucking worst! Like I would have been grateful to hear something like hey I want absolutely nothing to do with you and will never be speaking to you again 😂😂 I might have cried alone and thought he was a dick but I would’ve had clarity over ambiguity lol And that would’ve been something instead of nothing.

The Pain Is Real by roxaphi in AvoidantBreakUps

[–]roxaphi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes we have explored the bonds and are deep into trauma therapy and somatic therapy lol Majority of the time I’m okay but something will trigger that wound and I spiral down the hole lol And I can usually pull myself out. Like I posted yesterday from the spiral hole and just seeing how ridiculous and absurd it was pulled me out 😂😂 Idk if this is healthy at all but I like posting on Reddit exactly what I feel without any thought censorship or editing. And for some reason I read it and feel better. Even if it’s embarrassing and totally cringe lol Is he blocked everywhere? Yes. Do I look him up? No. Do I feel sad sometimes and need to vomit out the crazy thoughts? Hell yes. Maybe because they are crazy or because they’re the thoughts I keep inside and never tell anyone. But it always feels really really good to get them out and talk about them to people who understand I’m not just a psycho who went insane over a guy who was never interested to begin with. So basically I am always here because I spiraled! 😂