[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Ray.

Broke up with someone because I didn't love them as much as they love me and I wasn't 100% I even loved them romantically at all. This was after rushing into a very short lived relationship because I was scared of them walking out of my life completely. Rightly felt like the worst and most selfish person on the face of the planet and confirmed to myself that I am in fact awful. The only thing I have to cling onto now is the hope that I'm not completely irredeemable. And all that before 7.30 in the morning.

……that’s tough, it’s not an easy thing to do but continuing the relationship would have deepened those feelings that they have but it could never have any feel good to know someone that you care about is emotionally bruised and you feel responsibility for that…?…but you’re not responsible for someone else’s feeling being more or stronger than yours….you can only act on what you yourself feels right and to continue something that didn’t feel right, somehow…?…would have left you not feeling great with yourself, wouldn’t it…I think that it’s just sadly one of those situations that just isn’t great in that there will be hurt involved but it’s unavoidable and sometimes it just is…?…we try, it doesn’t work and we have to say goodbye because that’s also the only thing that will enable that other person to heal and move forward…?…

…you are not in fact awful, not even slightly so…you’ve done something that you felt was essential to do…(…for both of you…)…and you feel bad and low about it because you’re the furthest thing from awful……