You do need to not pursue him, but that doesn't automatically rule out all contact. What is the nature of the limited contact you have now? Method, frequency, topics, etc. Does he ever initiate?

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But with him moving out, my not contacting him seemed to allow his disconnection even further and we literally never talk now.


It sounds to me like no contact is not working. DB means trying new things when something isn't working.


M: A really long time.
Crisis: 5 years.
She's still worth it.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl