He also told me a condition of living with him was that I couldn't even want a boyfriend.
His reasoning for kicking me out was 'you lied because you said you weren't interested in a relationship with a man'.
Brutal. Isn't it amazing how a man can say that he's just head-over-heels for you but then treats you like garbage?! I can see his being crushed and wounded, but to become angry and abusive is not what any woman needs. I know, for I was once like this.
Food for thought: If our weaknesses and insecurities cause us to harm others . . . do we even have the right to be weak and insecure? I would say that the answer is unequivocally . . . NO!
We are, however, obligated to grow up and mature, and it sounds like your friend has much, much work to do. I'm glad that you are no longer as close to him. No one needs such nightmares.