I generally thought i had good to ok self esteem, But how does one recognize being emotionally abused vs having triggers that threaten your self esteem in this case jealousy an ex-boyfriend intentionally took a trip with another woman (a friend) recently that he knew bothered me but did it anyways saying that i have issues & that i need to "talk to someone" i tried to give him the benefit of the doubt but when this woman posted pictures on FB of them having a great time it really made me feel scared and jealous i think that was disrespectful to me after i broke up with him i sent him a scathing text that this is unacceptable and i felt angry and hurt all he texted back was a link for- Emotional Freedom Technique which is a holistic site that just infuriated me even more because he was being dismissive of my feelings making me feel just crazy!!! arrgh!