Exactly what I meant. That his response was some kind of reflection on how he feels about me, which I'm sure wasn't true at all. Or that he was trying to push me away, which again was probably not true. There could have been many other reasons why his response was so brief that had to do with him as well. Maybe he had a client waiting? Or his hand was cramped? He was tired and not in the mood to give lengthier answers? Everything is not all about me...It was probably something he did without painstaking thought about trying to send me some deeper message. I'm guessing that he answered me in a way he felt it would be best to according to the situation. And likely it was as simple as that. So in that instance I needed to turn the drama down. His email response to me is not attached to who I am as a person.

So I think it's both. Giving myself too much power in the matter of how he replied. And taking away the power in my life by attaching my self-worth to how he responds to me. That has to come from within and is not dependent on him.