so I touched on it really briefly last week but I am currently in the process of pursuing Baby's First Protective Order. Long story short, my estranged ex who I literally have not spoken to since I was in high school (because it was a high school relationship) went to my parents' house and got my dad to address and mail a birthday card to me because he "never forgets my birthday" and it's been 10 fucking years since we met in 2006. He then took to all forms of social media that I hadn't yet blocked him on (mostly accounts I didn't know he had) to try and direct my attention to my deviantart (lmao) account which hasn't been touched in at least 4 years. He went through and wrote a fucking novella about how he still loves me and I"m like that's cool you literally abused me for 2 years of my life and have unmanaged psychosis and I moved away and have a 100% new life now????

So I saved all the evidence and have it printed out as well as a MOSAIC assessment to take to the DV intake center here whenever I can actually make it there during business hours. I don't know if the protective order would actually stop him from doing anything if he did get it in his head to try and find me in person, I'd have the police record. Part of me oscillates between this being fucking scary and life threatening and it being really pathetic.

So that's that.