thanks for this long post.
your story aside, there is nothing new in there for me really. I have read Sam Vaknins work many years ago and I just knew it was about me on so many levels lol.
I havent been destroyed completely, and can like someone on many levels which I wont discuss here.
Its
VERY regrettable that my 3 year old thread about me being catfished was moved to the admins only section or you would be very surprised how psychologically attracted I was to that girl

The admins moved it away from the public eyes and my attempts to have it restored have fallen on deaf ears. Regrettably so.
Please consider listening
, its about me on many levels, especially this part of course: "But looking back I see what I was meant to see. I gazed at my reflection in your eyes".
On many levels (but not all levels) I will forever be like this with nearly everyone except for my parents. They are incapable of giving me ANY sort of supply at all.