How to coparent when utterly heartbroken?

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My relationship of 8 years ended about 2 months ago, not my choice. We have a 1 year old.
He just says he became unhappy with everything. I noticed him withdrawing once our baby was born and I tried to uplift him & check in but he brushed it off. I put it down to the stresses of being a new parent

im still utterly heartbroken, if it wasn’t for our daughter I’d really struggle to function. I know it sounds dramatic but it’s where I’m at right now.
i cry every day

we are coparenting well but I’m finding it SO painful because it’s like every time I see him/am with him it’s in my face of what once was and I can no longer have

people who have been in this situation, one how do you get over it? Do I really have to just wait it out? And two, how do you manage to still see them and speak to them without it being so painful?

Hello again,

Despite your heartbreak and how awful it feels now, I'd say if it is depression, based on my experiences and loads of others in the same boat I have read about, you have made a lucky escape.
I've spent the last 7 years agonisingly trying to help mine. I'm so exhausted by it all and so pleased to be out of it.

Take care of yourself and your kid XX