He was blocked everywhere but he must have created a google voice account and he texted me from an unknown number. The text: “Hey it’s ____, how are you? I miss you”

I froze. Literally couldn’t move. A weird sense of relief came over me that this guy still cared. I shook myself out of it immediately and blocked him. I came to this sub right after and read the handbook and scrolled through some posts. The emotions that flooded through me ranged from joy to anger to desperation to understand my reaction and in that moment I was able to rely on this place as a refuge and it worked. It fucking worked.

Now I’m just sitting here feeling relief that I never responded instead of relief that he reached out

I will never, ever let an unworthy man in my heart again. The tables have turned. It’s ME who is going to be the emotionally unavailable one from now on. It’s me who will control my fate and guard my heart