I confess that I feel really guilty, as all I was trying to do was to get reassurance that I was still valued and that the friendship would stay the same. I wasn't trying to upset anyone, and I didn't think that what I said would, as I made it clear that anything that could possibly have made someone feel bad was in the past and not an issue now, and that it was just change that had triggered the memory of the pain, which is what was really upsetting me.
*edit* That, and the fact that the in-person thingy seemed like a change in the landscape of things, which made me panic (I am not good with change), and triggered a lot of bad memories. They, in turn, triggered unresolved grief, as back when all the bad stuff happened, I hadn't allowed myself to feel simply sad; I was going between wishing I was dead and thinking that I had to make myself be completely happy, otherwise I'd be a bad person. It did make the pain and loss that I'd felt feel more immediate, real and vivid, but I tried to make it clear that that was in the past, and that the pain now was not due to wishing things would change. I'm fine with how things are now.
All the things I'd mentioned as matters of sadness were past tense, and I thought I'd made that clear. All the tears and the sad posts were catharsis/due to realising that I hadn't allowed myself to grieve properly.
I really did not mean to make anyone feel bad. I thought I made it clear that I was just getting things out of my head that were haunting me but no longer issues. I thought I made it clear that he should not feel bad. I said so outright. I am happy that he is so happy. I am happy that things are going well. I told him this. I would have been dismayed if things had gone badly.
I wish I was better at predicting the effect of my words on people.
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Music Theory 101: Cadences.
Authentic cadence: V-I
Plagal cadence: IV-I
Deceptive cadence: V- ANYTHING BUT I ! !! !
Beethoven cadence: V-I-V-I-V-V-V-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
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