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My ex fits all of the criteria for antisocial-personality disorder.  He had violent tendencies, impulsive behaviours, lied, created false personas, joked about violence towards animals and others, stole, broke the law, treated women as a boost to his ego, mirrored me to build my trust, had no close friends or family, was irresponsible with no solid career goals...

He also was charming at first then retreated and ignored me over time.  He would lure me in with pity then later revealed an irritable side to him which hates being wrong and is impatient.  I realise now that the whole relationship was a bit of a fabrication, a lie which I wanted to believe.

Needless to say I broke up with him and it wasn't pretty.  He lacked empathy for my hurt feelings.  I know that I need to break off all contact with him if I am to have any hope of recovery.

Yet this is a rude violation of my trust.  He hooked up with me during a vulnerable time after a breakup when I trusted him with my stories of narcissistic exes.  We went pretty fast at first with him suggesting that I move in with him pretty early (I didn't) so I thought that he had strong feelings for me.  We were also friends for years so I had a higher level of trust in him than I would of someone normally.

Now, after I have thought more logically about him and our relationship, I see the signs of psychopathy/sociopathy and I trust my instincts that he is sociopathic.  Yet I was so easily caught up in that fantasy relationship.  I thought that I was truly in love with him and he was my soul mate...

There are a couple of dating prospects who are interested in me right now.  I feel bad though because even though they seem like great guys, I don't trust my instincts any more.  I am afraid that I will get hurt if I give too much too soon.  No doubt this would be off-putting for any normal date.  He'd think that I wasn't interested.  What can I do?
<bot>: History of falling for narcissistic and sociopathic men.  Now I don't feel like giving new dates a chance because I am afraid of getting hurt.