Dear tina:
“I loved him so much that I lost myself without knowing”- this means that loving him was not a good thing for you. It is a pretty bad thing for a person to lose oneself. No wonder you feel better now that the relationship is over (“now, I feel better about myself. I start to challenge myself, do things I set my mind to, I find peace with myself”).
Why did you lose yourself is the question I ask: maybe he was the wrong man for you and maybe you would lose yourself in any intimate relationship with a man. Which one do you think it is?
anita