180's are changes that you make for YOU. They may take you out of your comfort zone but they are not a trick to win him back.
It sounds to me like he senses that you are afraid and he is using that to keep you in line.
Do whatever you want to do for YOU! Just be a little mysterious. I believe 180's are more of a pursuit and distance thing. Men are sexual pursurers and emotional distancers. Women are the opposite. So a 180 of this would be to not be an emotional pursurer, to give space and if you were to pursue it would be in a way that you used to distance.
