Sorry this is going to be a long one, I’d love to know your thoughts!

I’ve been single for about 2 years now, I haven’t been in anything serious since my last relationship which was abusive and damaging to my emotional health. Recently I’ve been seeing this guy for a couple weeks and it seems to be going really well. He’s such a sweetheart, a real gentleman, and caring. We’ve really hit it off, I’m surprisingly really comfortable with him and vice versa. He tells me that he really wants to build a relationship with me and treat me the way a woman is supposed to be treated. He’s about 5 years older than me, and is more or less looking for someone to settle down with. I’m not opposed to the idea, and I’m starting to develop feelings for him.. but I honestly feel like I’m scared to get into another relationship based off how destroyed I was mentally and physically from my last one. I’ve honestly never had a healthy relationship before and just don’t know how to process it.

I’ve told him a bit about my past relationship for reference about me, and he says that I can take all the time I need to come to terms with how a healthy relationship works and that if I’m not ready for a relationship then to tell him and he’ll be there to help me figure out my feelings if I’m comfortable with it.

After going through something like my previous relationship, how do I go about entering a new, healthy one when all I know is the toxic and abusive side of relationships?

Any advice would really be appreciated!