TAMF....I am not up to speed on your stitch. That said....if you are thinking;
"Would I be self-medicating...yes to a certain extent."
Then you don't need to be in a relationship...new relationships are about growth, not filling holes. Affairs fill holes...and oddly...to fill one hole one always makes another.
Work on you....so you grow and don't find yourself digging a hole to fill another one.