What the actual f.....

It's been a long time since I've been active on this site. I thought I was okay and that I had received all the support I needed from these amazing people here... but God was I wrong. I've gotten some bad news since then. I have achieved my goal of finding my own place and getting settled in. I like living alone, it's peaceful and I have the space I need to rebuild who I am. On the flip side of the coin.... I get lonely. A lot. I have friends who I reach out to but I constantly feel like I'm a burden to them or that I don't need to be airing my dirty laundry to them. It's so difficult to go from having a constant partner to lean on to standing on your own two feet. I know how childish that sounds but it is a realization that has hit me hard since being here. 
 
Divorce still hasn't even been filed. Neither one of us can afford it. I'm literally living on a count every single penny to get by basis. I'm okay with this because I am doing it for me. But I'm ready to have that connection to him cut free. I've posted on here before how I was sickened and offended by the things my ex had posted on social media and am proud to say I finally deleted him and have little to no interest in looking at what he posts anymore. But I can't shake the loneliness....
 
I've made changes in my life to try and make it better. I am at the heaviest I've ever been so I've joined a gym and am attempting to make myself as beautiful outside as I believe I can be inside. I've found pleasure in my hobbies and in the friends I do see. I work with a full and strong heart. But I'm already getting those images of romance and love again... It's too soon but God I miss human contact so badly. So badly. I knew it would be hard... but this is near to unbearable. So. I went to my doctor and after a discussion.... I'm attempting a natural supplement to help elevate my moods. I want to be better. I want to be happy. I want to not feel like I'm this sad, pathetic burden on my friends or family. I want to hate my ex for making me into this person. So I'm back.