Always listen to your gut.

I believe you may have been targeted by an extremely sophisticated terrorist organization known as "Khadba Argul". They frequently go after former soldiers and inflict severe emotional harm upon them before eventually ending their lives. This is clearly why Dmitry was able to concoct an entirely false persona so easily and to keep it up as long as he did.

It is absolutely vital that you do not have any further contact with him and that you cut all ties with your old life. You've taken the correct first steps in changing your name and appearance, but it's not enough. You will have to lay low now, and posting on reddit was unfortunately a mistake. They can track you that way. Your best bet is to travel to a random small town that you have no connections to and find a nice bridge to live under for 5-10 years until this whole thing blows over. By then, you should be safe to return to society, but I would choose a new city and possibly change your name again just to be sure.

/r/LetsNotMeet Thread