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Trauma: Chasing pavements

I spent almost a decade chasing after someone I could never be with..
I don't know if you know how trauma works, but when you've had a difficult experience, whenever something else comes up, that could be related, even in the slightest to the painful experience that marked you, it sets off like an alarm in you, like "NO, NO, I DON'T WANNA GO BACK!"
And that's what it feels like.
I know I need to do it, but I am not willing to give that much attention, care and love, for nothing in return.

So yea, if there is one thing that hunts me, it would be chasing pavements.
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It happened to me when I was in my twenties as well. Unpleasant and traumatic. I often asked myself why I even bothered , and never have an answer.
@BridgeOvertroubledWaters I think, esp. when we are younger, and esp. if it is a first love / first serious love...many men have a Don Quixote-ish romantic in them in that they want to attain this impossible dream girl and see the quest of pure love in very knightly terms.

And the power of a first love / first serious love cannot be underestimated...

The one thing Freud was clearly correct about is the importance of "first experiences", and the hold which they can have on one for...a very long time.
Thanks for the explanation @SomeMichGuy 🙂