I yearn for a benevolent fellow human to take me in their arms and hold me tight for as long as they can manage. Back then, I’m so disconnected from life and all the people in it that loneliness is killing me.

…herwise. Sometimes the only way to solve a problem is to remove yourself entirely from the equation. There comes a point when all of the trying in the world will not make the situation any better. This is when it is time to walk away. If you stay when you know that you should go, you are only hurting yourself. This doesn’t mean that you don’t love them, but that you love yourself enough to do what’s best for you and your own well-being. Unconditional love is not a license to accept abuse. Sometimes the only way to love someone is to give them the space they require to love themselves.

…ll the time he was only thinking of himself. It was a strange sort of Stockholm syndrome during our entire relationship, and I believe I was as addicted to him as one can be.