@Myimagination339,
hi, first of all, my very deep sympathy ,regarding this trauma, i am very sorry about it.
being aware about the danger of raw advice, i will only alert your focus, to a critical point or two, which are false facts and true potential reality.
entry level love, would be, getting to know someone you deeply appreciate.
you basically love yourself, therefore love (appreciate) the joy, of whatever that self (you), enjoys.
in a brutal nutshell, you express love to yourself, through appreciating that amazing person, but you don't love him quite yet, merely confusing the self love, with appreciation of outside.
i will stop here, assuming ,that you, scratching your head figuring out why this is related to your ordeal, how this might improve things,
will drive the awareness home with triple effectiveness, giving you so much more empowerment, then me elaborating