I just wanted to say thank you to all the people posting here. I was and am still going through a hard ass time with all of this. It comes in waves, I don't know how else to describe it.

Every time I'm at my lowest I just look through the posts here and they make me feel like an actual human being.

A couple things that have definitely helped me:

  • The gym
  • Meditation
  • Reading (listening on audible) to books
  • Exploring hobbies (hiking, biking, playing guitar, new stuff)
  • Support from males, this is huge, I lost a lot of good male friends during the marriage, it's nice being supported by other guys.

Things that never helped:

  • Alcohol
  • Self loathing
  • Binge eating
  • Feeling fucking sorry for myself