I ended up sending her a voice message (was too lazy to write everything on paper and go to the post lol). It felt incredibly cathartic, and I'm happy I did it. I feel like myself again.
It sounded super cucky and apologetic, and it may go around the social circle like
@Skills said, meaning i'll take a massive value hit... but I'm okay with that. I get my old self back, and my attraction for women in general is back again. I finally moved on, with a better understanding and love of them than when I started. Which is what we're here for in the end.
Thank you for all the messages guys. This would not have been possible without you.
Darius
Good to hear it made you feel better!
I don't think she will try to use it against you, my understanding is that women are typically not so stupid that they cannot understand honesty when they see it, and the cost of throwing it back in a man's face. It is what they eternally seek from men, they are born adrift in lonely seas from which only honest men can pull them out, and which dishonest men plunge them further into.
When men get burned by women, I believe it is usually because they delude themselves that they are being honest, but they are not. Whether they are pretending to be nice to placate or deceive her, or trying to use a sliver of the truth as a lever to pry open her shell so they can express all their fear and neediness and conflict into her, these men are the worst thing a woman can encounter, because they promise the redemption she so badly needs, and instead send her further into turmoil.
In any case, what she does with what you sent her is out of your hands, and does not matter. You did what you thought was right, which is an act of self-acceptance, of accepting your principles over anyone else's.
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What I did at this point was to think clearly about what aspect of my girl was incompatible with me, and what kind of girl I would need to find to satisfy my new set of requirements.
In my case, I realized that while she had a very strong personality (something I like very much, since I am very dominant), she was emotionally very needy. It sounds like a contradiction, but it's not. She wanted me to sort of follow her into her emotions and placate them when she found herself in some kind of crisis. My emotions are very different, I tend to become cold and calculating when something I value is at risk, and in that kind of circumstance, all I want from my girl is loyalty and trust. So whenever a crisis occurred, or we needed to resolve conflict between us, we could not give each other what we needed.
It sounds to me like you have a strong personality, and you need a girl whose personality is strong enough to resist getting completely overwhelmed by it. I think the best thing you can do is look around at different kinds of women with an open mind, and try to find the ones who stir you deeply, and make you feel not just attracted but a little bit uneasy about your capability with them. I think this is the best way to find a girl who will require you to extend yourself to reach her (which is something that is good for any man), and will keep you on your toes, and therefore satisfied, when she is with you.