I agree that we have some similarities in our coping skills; while things "are easier" online, I don't find it nearly as personable...there's just something about looking someone in the eyes as you speak with them, as you share with them and they with you--I have stopped going to therapy since last August and went off all meds last October, I really thought I was on the right track until my wife left...I imagine it will be for the best, but it's still so hard to be alone in my pain. As far as journaling, I haven't done that since she left, but I do journal off and on, and actually have written a book about my life--VERY therapeutic
Normally I am a positive person, and it's not my self-esteem in question, it's just the feelings of hopelessness that I will be destined to be forever alone.
I know I am a good person, who has so much to offer the right person, but it's so hard to let them in...Thank you