Separated from my wife 6 months ago, and the loneliness really started creeping in over the holidays. I’m 37, married 10 years, together 12. Haven’t filed yet, no kids. We had 3 dogs which she kept because I didn’t want to separate them, and I miss them more than anything. She cheated and I bailed immediately when I found out and moved back to my home state 5 hours away and are basically no contact. Was doing well the first couple months because I was so busy with work, but recently I have been isolating and really lonely and depressed. It’s like a double edged sword, I’m lonely but also don’t want to be around people. I started on the dating apps a few months ago but feel like it was making things worse, was seeing someone briefly who abruptly ended it which affected me a lot more than I thought it would. I plan on staying away from them for a while now.

Not really sure what I’m looking for here, just don’t feel comfortable talking about this with friends and family. Just needed to get that out…