I'm no veteran but I will do my best to give you input...
Yes, you are doing the right thing..
Take this time to work on yourself. Invest your time into making you the best you ever. The occasional panics are normal. You feel like he has forgotten about you or that you made a mistake in not reaching out to him. Trust me, he will think of you from time to time, BUT he will not tell you this.
Stop worrying about what he is thinking and why he isn't calling/contacting you.
You need this space to get yourself stronger.
Go out with friends.. meet new people.. have fun.. little by little you'll detach and trust me.. it does not mean you will stop loving him.
it's so sad to me.. because of our WAS's coming to us one day and dropping these bombs on us that they don't L us, we have made ourselves believe that we will end up doing the same. stop loving them like that. we lose sight that they are WAS and are effed up and confused right now.
M: 32 H: 34 S:5 D: 3 D: 1 Together 11 years Married 7 Bomb: PA/EA 8/13/09 (for 1 year on and off) ILYBINILWY: 08/09
"The end of suffering happens with the end of wanting." -Laura Munson