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May 11, 2016 at 07:31 PM
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I once dated a girl who was very manipulative. Since I broke up with her(its been many years) I have been unable to really move on. The times when I have it was cut off very early or I was in a relationship where I completely hid my emotions. Lately she has been coming back into my life more and more and everytime she leaves me feeling the same way she did. The closest I have come in about a year to talking with anyone else is by signing up for a dating app messaging two to three people and then never checking it again. Is there any way for me to be able to resume having a “normal” dating experience? Or am I stuck not being able to move on?
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May 12, 2016 at 01:40 PM
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Hello 7531: From my perspective, if this woman is repeatedly coming back into your life (& with the same undesirable outcomes) I think one would have to wonder why it is you keep allowing her to do so? It's like the old saying: "If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you always got." Before you can move on to having a "normal" dating experience, I would suggest that you need to figure out what it is that is causing you to keep going back down the same unhappy path over-&-over. This is what individual therapy is for. No, I don't believe you're stuck not being able to move on. But you need to take positive steps to figure out what's going on
 
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May 20, 2016 at 11:12 PM
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