@smurf - thanks for the hugs.
Well, I took the gauze off to shower, and the swelling went down, but they are still bad and they still hurt. My sister looked at it and was like, "damn"

we went to the store to get more gauze and she helped me clean it and put the gauze on. I feel so awful.
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I am more calm now, so I don't think I will SH. I feel more safe. But this betrayal by my bf is what set this off, and I don't even know if he wants to work it out with me. He's the one who ###$ up, not me, and I feel like this is all my fault somehow. I feel like he has turned this around to make me the bad guy. And if he ends our relationship over my reaction to something he did... first of all, he's a dick. And second, I will be back to SH and crisis mode. I'm scared about that, but I'm trying to remain hopeful.
But his Facebook says he was active 5 hours ago, which is hours after the message I sent him and he hasn't seen it. So either Facebook is stupid, or he is just ignoring me. I will admit to having paranoid thoughts about this, but I'm really hoping it is just a Facebook ###$ up, because that thing usually isn't accurate. The waiting to hear from him is killing me. I wish I could just go to sleep, but I am not tired. So I'm going to have anxiety for a bit. But I am creating a tranquil environment to calm down.