Thanks PDM. A year just feels like a LONG time. He and I used to break up and get back together a lot, so a year seems like ages. Not bad, but I just hoped that this would go away.

You are right that he probably will hold a place in my heart for a long time, if not forever. I just have to work on replacing him with feelings for other people. I know I will NEVER forget him because of what he did, because of him I plan on being a psychologist, maybe even a psychologists for people in abusive relationships. I want to help with my experience. It was awful for me, and I hope that I can tell someone "I was there and I want to listen". I want to help. Hopefully I can turn negative into a positive for somebody else. I just wish it didn't have to happen.

Thanks so much. I feel less guilty knowing that a year (though it is long) is not long enough to get over things like this. I'm glad I'm not 100% crazy smile.