" I was like "I need to do this, this and this to protect me" and kind of in rush to do anything I can do right now."

What's the rush^^^???? Take a deep breath and calm down. Yes protect yourself but don't rush into anything.

M 53
D 20
Separated 6/22/11 moved out 10/24
Together 26 yrs
Married 16
W Filed for D 7/21/11
Served 9/6/11
D final 8/28/12

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

John Wooden