Relax Jack I am not going to portrait myself or you as the victim you blame everything on anxiety and how your ex cheat/betrayed you just accept the fact that you have a Masters degree (PhD) in self-sabotaging your own happiness. when you realize this, you will stop asking, "if you would have talked, I would have felt better" these are naive things to come out of the mouth of a 47 year old human being whether man or woman.