I've been working with my therapist and focusing on self-love. One of the things my therapist tells me is to treat myself to the same compassion I give to those around me. And I try my best to do that. However, there are days when that becomes difficult and this is one of those days.

As part of this self-love and compassion journey, I decided to block my ex on social media. I was going to block him and I find out that he's blocked me. The job is done. I didn't need to do it. Yet seeing that he blocked me affected me so much. I was filled with anger and hatred. How dare he block me after everything he put me through? How dare he block me after lying to me, being my first, and then dumping me the second he got what he wanted?

And then I got to thinking. The effects of being with LVM take a lot of hardwork to undo. The words my exes have told me still ring in my ears to this day. They still haunt me.

I posted this to vent my feelings and to also remind the women on here who experience similar struggles to treat ourselves with compassion. Emotional abuse and lovebombing require a lot of work to undo, and the effects linger for years.