Your initial question was about emotional manipulation. From the little that you shared it's hard to give a fair assessment of this individual.
Now, you are saying that you repeatedly asked for an hour of his time. Was that during the time that he asked you to leave him alone for 48 hours? I am trying to help you step back and really examine the entire scenario and also see what part "you" played in it. Often what can happen is that a relationship breaks apart and a person doesn't really step back and examine what took place so they can "learn" from it.
Sometimes a woman will expect too much and be too needy not realizing that the male is getting frustrated, however this can develop in either partner. This can happen in any relationship where one individual begins to develop an increasing habit of constant texting and demanding of attention. I have noticed this has been an increasing problem with how individuals are more accessable then ever before where they have grown more and more attached to their phones and become too addicted to texting a partner or friend at every whim. I can honestly see how someone could begin to get frustrated and request "Leave me alone for 48 hours" and then get very angry when the other person simply doesn't.
My suggestion is that you step back and really examine what you may have done in this relationship that could have contributed to this other individual's request for space and anger that you did not agree to give that space. It could be this individual began to feel that you were too emotionally needy.
I think his request for you to tie him up in his room was weird, however, he could have done that as a test to see how you would react and if you gave in to doing that it could have shown him that you can get weird if he asked you to. It's a strange test, yet, I think in order to understand what that "really" meant you would have to be VERY willing to step back and think about the relationship and ask yourself "how much did I depend and intrude and need of him?". You admitted that you are "very chatty", well, that might be something that you need to pay better attention to.
I could tell you "this person is bad" and allow you to believe the problem is the other person. But, if you did unknowingly contribute to this breakup, it's only fair that you "learn" to see your part so you don't end up getting "hurt" by another individual.
There is a person I know that has gotten hurt a lot, and then began to self blame. The problem is this person kept picking out the same kind of partner that failed her everytime. That is why it's so important to step back and be willing to really examine what might be something one unknowingly repeats that can consistently conclude with them being "hurt".
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