My heart us breaking. How do I get over this as well as bring a single parent

[Whiteminnowfish]

I am just so overwhelmed with emotion. I can't stop crying. Really miss my dw and want her back. But I know it wouldn't work out.

How do I stop crying.

Anti depressants. And I know you will reject that idea. But they enabled me to cope at the start and deal with the grief I felt.

The Ending of a relationship is a bereavement For the partner you aren't with any more. The family. Home and future you thought you had. You need to grieve. Gather good people around you for support. Go as low contact as you can. You are only hurting yourself when you engage with the ex. journal your feelings. And seek out counselling to work through this difficult time.

This will pass but you need to look after yourself right now

@unicornsarereal72

Anti depressants. And I know you will reject that idea. But they enabled me to cope at the start and deal with the grief I felt.

The Ending of a relationship is a bereavement For the partner you aren't with any more. The family. Home and future you thought you had. You need to grieve. Gather good people around you for support. Go as low contact as you can. You are only hurting yourself when you engage with the ex. journal your feelings. And seek out counselling to work through this difficult time.

This will pass but you need to look after yourself right now

My friend said antidepressants but I am scared incase they make me feel worse before I get any better

I promise you they will just numb you for a while and get past this shitty bit. I didn't get on with cotalapram. I felt zoned out. Mitazapine made me sleep for hours. But sertraline really suited me. Slept well and just coped day to day. Go talk to your gp. And get the support you need just now

I'm going to disagree with the above as an automatic go to. My ex upped and left for ow very suddenly leaving me with day to day care of 2 toddlers. It's fucking horrible but it's doable, or was for me, with great support from family and friends and srlf care. Decent food (after the first 3weeks or only managing toast and soup), alone time to process, making the sofa a nice place to be in the evenings with nice treats, candles etc. Breaking down each day or task into manageable chunks. I didn't like the idea of medication for sadness and grief which is 'normal' to feel. It's not like clinical depression that is an illness unprompted by events. But ultimately its each to their own.