A Recent Breakup

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My boyfriend and I recently broke up for a number of reasons, all to prevent pain that being in the relationship would cause us over the next year or so. We dated for a year and he was my best friend for a year and a half before we dated, so I was pretty heartbroken when he dropped the bomb on me, especially since I hadn't perceived anything wrong in our relationship. He and I promised to remain friends, although I would give him the space he needed to get better, but since we broke up he hasn't spoken to me much. Even at work (we work at the same place) he's been avoiding me. I know neither of us wanted to end the relationship, but I feel like there's nothing where he used to be. It's like I'm a stranger to him now, or worse, he hates me. He says this is just part of him healing after the breakup, but I don't know how long it's going to go on. In the meantime, I feel abandoned because he was my main confidant and shortly after the breakup, my band decided it was time for the group to end and my cat died. After the boyfriend, my cat and my band were my closest friends. I miss having a relationship and now I just feel alone and untouchable, like there's this empty space between me and the rest of the world. What can I do?

Is he NT or an aspie?

I'd recommend to surround yourself with friends or activities you enjoy to help you move on and build a life separate from him.

What do you want to do?

How do you know that he didn't want to break up? He was the one to break up with you, right?

When I left my ex I didn't want anything to do with him either. Mainly because it was painful.

Our relationship left a bitter taste in my mouth, mainly to do with his family and how much pressure I was under to conform to what they wanted.

Not saying that's the case with you, but maybe he just needs time away from you to sort out his feelings. Being near the person you broke up with can be confusing.

He has no problems on the autism spectrum, I just sometimes feel like my disorder got in the way of me seeing something that may have gone wrong.

What I want to do is fix everything, but that's pretty difficult because so much is beyond my control. As for knowing he that he didn't want to break up, he told me straight to my face. Despite my disorder, I can tell when people are lying and when they're being honest. Add that to the fact that he never lies to me about anything and I believe him.
I have a life outside romance. However, it's challenging after a breakup with such a close friend, plus the losses that followed, to not feel like there's an emptiness between yourself and the world.

That's the reason he gave me when I last spoke to him. And I know it makes sense and I ought to believe it. I just can't help but feel like there's something more to it.

In a sense, I just wanted to move on after the break-up, and seeing my ex felt like I wasn't moving forward. You just want to get away from them, they're your past and you don't want to be back there.

Just trying to explain a little more. PM me if you like, I'm here to help