Grow up and stop listening to your hand a.k.a your exgf.
Dude you got into a relationship, you commit to it!
The hell kind of place are you living in?
You fall in love to hope that shell never hurt you. But she will in some way or another but its your responsibility not to hurt her because youre afraid.
You are a part of her as she is a part of you.
Your fear, she can feel. You stay in that damn relationship for as long as you can. Youre always ALONE anyways now you just have two bodies instead of one.
Why would you need to be distant from her? Idgi.
Be fearless and love till you cant love anymore.
By then, youll have no regrets.