"I seem to attract only that type of men"~quote splitter

This is something that you have to evaluate in more depth. Preditors are usually "very carasmatic" and they DO enjoy a challenge as well. Sometimes they prey on those that they feel "will not be believed" or are in some way "weak". So there are several preditors that choose children and young teens who may not have anyone who will really believe them or may be just too inexperienced to speak up. And ofcourse there are preditors that choose unsuspecting vulnerable women as well.

And sometimes preditors will choose someone who they feel is popular in some way, they actually enjoy being able to degrade this person and consider it an enjoyable battle of witts. Remember often preditors are very smart and their source of a sense of achievement is by dismantling someone who may be on to them or they consider an intellectual challenge of some kind.

You may have qualities about you that look inviting that you are not aware of. And you may have a victim mentality of somekind that they can see and pick to prey on.
And if you are attracted to carasmatic intelligent people? Then you have to learn how to better evaluate these people and also see how they gain popularity as well.

If you look back on your experience with this preditor, the signs of his real nature are there to see. And always remember, "if it looks or sounds too good to be true, chances are, it IS too good to be true".

People in general WANT to be accepted and be part of a group and that can make them feel worthy. However, preditors also know this too and they definitely utialize that aspect in people.

I think most people come across a least one preditor in their lives. And the end result has often been, an over all lack of trust in others.

The golden rule is that if we have just one or two people in our lives that we can call friends and really trust, we are lucky.

It is very common to be disappointed in other people that we begin to trust in our lives. It is a challenge to learn "how" to find people that we "can" trust. And sometimes we can think someone who is really genuine, as not being genuine as well.
The truth is that there are a lot of bad people in the world. So it can be a challenge to find people that we can connect with and really feel safe with them.

You are not alone in how you feel.

(((Hugs)))
Open Eyes