I Feel Like I’m Waiting For My Ex To Want to Get Back Together

It's been a week and all I can seem to do is wallow.
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My boyfriend (trans man) recently broke up with me very suddenly. We were together for two incredible years and it had been the healthiest relationship I've ever had. We had really great communication and talked regularly about what our life would be like together long term. Something changed for him about a month ago and he stopped talking to me about how he was really feeling. We had some logistical differences at the time but nothing we couldn't have worked through by talking together. Him shutting down inevitably put distance between us. I felt it too but thought I was just going through some depression.
He let that distance build until there was so much pressure he had to burst and...

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